TowZone Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 PETERSBURG, Va. -- Families at the corner of Lakewood Drive and Westwood Drive, off South Crater Road in Petersburg, woke up Thursday to heavy police presence in their neighborhood. While Petersburg Police have not yet confirmed information to CBS 6, neighbors were told someone was killed and a homicide investigation was underway. Multiple tow trucks were spotted leaving the scene just before 5:30 a.m. One tow truck was towing another tow truck. A second tow truck was towing a car. This is a developing story. RESOURCE LINK with Video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowZone Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 Tow truck driver shot and killed trying to repossess car in Petersburg PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — A 42-year-old man was shot and killed while trying to repossess a car in Petersburg early Thursday morning. Police were initially called to Lakewood Drive at South Crater Road just after midnight for reports of shots fired. They later found a man dead inside his tow truck in the 3700 block of Westwood Drive. The victim, who was working for a towing service called River City Recovery, was later identified by co-workers as Elwood Allen Humphries. Those co-workers said Humphries, who had worked for River City Recovery the past four years, was repossessing a car just after midnight when someone ended his life simply because he was doing his job. Humphries was a father and recently became a grandfather. “The only thing I could say when I got the call was oh my God, oh my God, I can’t even believe this has happened,” one of his co-workers said. “It just rips inside you because you know it could have been you. You could have been the one out there.” Humphries’ co-worker said he was found dead in the driver’s seat of his tow truck. They believe he was ambushed and never had the chance to get away. She added that while it’s an inherently dangerous job, drivers are trained to avoid confrontation. If they feel threatened, they’re supposed to leave the vehicle and drive away. “I don’t believe that he probably had the chance, because that’s just the type of person,” Humphries’ co-worker said. “We all know him. We know he would just leave, so I really, truly in my own heart believe the man had no clue.” Thursday evening, Petersburg Police announced that, with the help from Sussex County Sheriff’s Office, Emporia Police Department and the citizens from Petersburg, 20-year-old Anton B. Robinson of Petersburg had been arrested in connection with Humphries’ death. Robinson has been charged with first degree murder and is being held at Riverside Regional Jail. RESOURCE LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rreschran Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Christine and I send our prayers to the Humphries family and River City Recovery ... something about this story just doesn't add up. R. Randall C. Resch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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