Fred Perkins, a 54-year-old engineer from Bowie, Maryland, was shot and killed on April 5, 2008, after a bank robbery and subsequent police pursuit. Perkins entered a Chevy Chase Bank on Annapolis Road and robbed the branch at gunpoint, then fled in the bank manager’s Toyota Sequoia. A roughly 20-minute pursuit ended in the 13000 block of Annapolis Road when the vehicle became disabled.

Officers from Prince George’s County and Bowie City approached the disabled vehicle and reported seeing Perkins with a handgun. Police say that when Perkins raised the weapon, seven officers — four county and three city — opened fire. Perkins was struck multiple times, airlifted to a hospital, and pronounced dead. A handgun and the stolen money were recovered and no other suspects were identified.

Perkins had no prior criminal history; family members described difficulty reconciling the events with his previous life. Internal reviews were conducted by the involved departments and no arrests followed. Does anyone have information about Perkins’ life leading up to April 5, 2008, or about the incident itself?