Dog owner charged with murder in beating, stabbing death on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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A man with a history of alleged violence in Sacramento and Los Angeles was charged with murder Monday in a group attack that ended with a broad daylight killing on the Hollywood Walk of Fame last month, authorities said.Patrick Randall Perry, 55, is the fourth defendant charged in the brazen May 20 killing of Berry Le’Mar Henderson, 37, near Hollywood Boulevard and Las Palmas Avenue.
Henderson was waiting for a bus when he was attacked by Perry’s dog, which he then stabbed in self-defense, Los Angeles County Deputy Dist.Atty.
Daniel Ilacqua said during a Monday afternoon court hearing.Perry and three other men chased Henderson across the street and attacked him, punching him and pummeling the man with a “metal bat” and what Ilacqua described in court as a baton “attached” to a Taser.
When Henderson dropped the knife he used on the dog, Perry stabbed him with it, Ilacqua said.Bruce Lamont Fuller Jr., 30, Isaul Hernandez, 36, and Robert Anthony Garcia, 33, were arrested the day of the attack and charged in Henderson’s death last week, according to a criminal complaint.Perry was arrested on May 28, according to an LAPD spokeswoman.
“Barry was an innocent man.A man who brought no harm to anyone,” his sister, O’koia Nixon, said during a vigil for Henderson held last week in Hollywood.
Nixon was one of several of Henderson relatives who attended Monday’s court hearing.Perry is being held in lieu of $2 million bail.
Deputy Public Defender Carlos Bido said in court that Perry is retired and received an honorable discharge from the military.He has multiple prior convictions in Sacramento and had avoided prison time last year after being granted a form of mental health diversion, according to the criminal complaint and Ilacqua.
In 2024, Ilacqua said, Perry punched one man and hit another with his cane before ordering his dog to attack both of them.The victims w...