Benny Glass, 58, of Lithonia, Georgia, was found fatally shot inside his own Jeep Cherokee during the early morning hours of March 31, 2021. Police were called to the intersection of Hillandale Drive and Lithonia Industrial Boulevard for a report of a person shot and discovered a damaged vehicle with its headlights off; the driver, identified as 57-year-old Willie Roy Allen of Lithonia, then fled in that vehicle.

Officers chased Allen briefly; after he exited the car and it rolled into a parked vehicle, officers pursued him on foot and tried to use a Taser. Allen produced a firearm and was shot and tasered by multiple officers and died at the scene. Inside the crashed vehicle, officers found Benny Glass with a fatal gunshot wound. Glass’s sister said she was told the assailant shot her brother, pushed him into the passenger seat, took his money, and fled in the vehicle before crashing.

The DeKalb County Police Department is investigating Glass’s death; the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is involved in the review of the officer-involved shooting of the suspect. Does anyone have information about what happened that night or knew Benny Glass?