Dog owner charged with murder over Hollywood Walk of Fame killing
Patrick Randall Perry, 55, faces murder charges for the May 20 killing of Berry Le'Mar Henderson on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Three others were already charged.
Fourth suspect charged in fatal Hollywood Walk of Fame group attack
A 55-year-old man with a documented history of violence in both Sacramento and Los Angeles has been charged with murder in connection with a fatal group assault on the Hollywood Walk of Fame last month, latimes.com reports. Patrick Randall Perry is the fourth defendant to face charges in the killing of Berry Le'Mar Henderson, 37, who died on May 20 near Hollywood Boulevard and Las Palmas Avenue.
Henderson was waiting for a bus when Perry's dog attacked him. He stabbed the animal in self-defence, according to Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Daniel Ilacqua, who spoke during a court hearing on Monday.
Perry and three other men then pursued Henderson across the street. They punched him and struck him with a metal bat and a baton attached to a Taser, Ilacqua told the court. When Henderson dropped the knife he had used on the dog, Perry picked it up and stabbed him with it.
Bruce Lamont Fuller Jr., 30, Isaul Hernandez, 36, and Robert Anthony Garcia, 33, were arrested on the day of the attack and charged in Henderson's death last week, according to a criminal complaint. Perry was taken into custody on May 28, an LAPD spokeswoman confirmed.
Henderson's sister, O'koia Nixon, spoke at a vigil held for him last week in Hollywood. "Barry was an innocent man. A man who brought no harm to anyone," she said. Nixon was among several family members who attended Monday's court hearing.
Perry is being held on $2 million bail. Deputy Public Defender Carlos Bido said in court that Perry is retired and received an honourable discharge from the military. He served in the U.S. Army from 1989 to 1993 and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after his discharge, according to a letter filed as part of a legal application last year.
Ilacqua outlined a pattern of prior conduct. Perry has multiple convictions in Sacramento County and, last year, was granted a form of mental health diversion that allowed him to avoid prison time. He argued that he suffers from mental health issues related to his military service. In 2024, Ilacqua said in court, Perry punched one man and struck another with his cane before ordering his dog to attack both victims, who were present with their young children at the time.
Perry had also previously been accused of violent conduct at the same intersection where the May 20 killing occurred. He was arrested outside the Church of Scientology's Los Angeles Information Centre on the Walk of Fame in January 2024 after allegedly punching someone, according to a report by NBC Los Angeles. Police told NBC at the time that Perry had no affiliation with the church.
Local activist William Gude, who posts online under the handle Film The Police L.A., reported Perry to police in 2024 and provided video footage of the man using a collapsible baton to threaten someone at the same location. Police officials wrote back to Gude that year confirming an investigation had been opened. The LAPD did not respond to a request for comment on those earlier cases on Monday.
Video from the 2024 incident showed Perry holding the leash of a dog similar to the one seen biting Henderson in surveillance footage of last month's fatal assault.
Between 2012 and 2015, Perry was also convicted of assault likely to cause great bodily injury, domestic violence, possession of ammunition as a felon, and fleeing from police, all in Sacramento County, according to the criminal complaint. A spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County public defender's office declined to comment.
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