Bennie Lee Perry, 67, was killed after a confrontation over the theft of his tow truck on Saturday, March 26, 2005, in Southeast Washington, D.C. The incident occurred about 10:45 a.m. in the parking lot of a Safeway in the 2800 block of Alabama Avenue SE. Perry, an employee of ABC Towing, had just come out of the store when he saw his rig’s brake lights on, jumped onto the running board and struggled with the driver. He was pushed or fell from the moving truck and was run over by a rear wheel.

Perry was transported to Howard University Hospital, gave an account to an officer en route, and died at about 3:30 p.m. that same day. The stolen tow truck was recovered the next day in the unit block of 47th Street NE and was processed by crime scene technicians. The Metropolitan Police Department’s Violent Crimes Branch is investigating and a reward of up to $25,000 has been offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

If anyone has information about that morning or saw the truck in the area, please come forward.