The family of a Hollywood man is demanding justice after his lover was attacked, mauled and stabbed to death by a dog on the Walk of Fame last week.
Berry Le’Mar Henderson, 37, was attacked by a dog while waiting for a bus near the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Las Palmas Avenue around 3:30 pm on May 20, according to several of his relatives and a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department.
Surveillance video shot at a nearby 7-Eleven and posted online by community activist Najee Ali shows Henderson running down Hollywood Boulevard, while a dog bites at his ankles. A group of men give chase, according to the video, and one can be seen holding a weapon. The group then surrounds the victim on the other side of the road and is seen punching and kicking him.
LAPD Chief Norma Eisenman, spokeswoman for the department, said the victim suffered multiple stab wounds and was pronounced dead at the hospital a short time later. Police arrested three suspects that day: Bruce Lamont Fuller Jr., Isaul Hernandez and Robert Anthony Garcia, Eisenman said.
Anthony allegedly struck the victim and stuck him with a “small bat,” Eisenman said. The dog’s owner, Patrick Randall Perry, was arrested on May 28, according to Eisenman, who said detectives believe Perry stabbed the victim.
A man with the same name was arrested in the same area in 2024 for fighting outside the Church of Scientology building on the Walk of Fame, according to a report by NBC Los Angeles. Police said Perry is 55 years old. The man described in the 2024 news story was 52 years old at the time.
All four men were arrested on suspicion of murder and are being held on $2 million bail, Eisenman said. It’s unclear whether charges have been filed with the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.
Henderson, who lived in downtown LA, was waiting for a bus when the deadly melee began, according to his loved ones.
“My cousin was not an abuser, my cousin was just here. He was running away. He was on the ground,” said his cousin, Demeya Brewer, during a vigil held in Hollywood on Friday afternoon, and later posted on Facebook.
At least one local activist said she had expressed concern about Perry and her dog in the past. William Gude, better known online under the handle “Film The Police LA,” said Perry’s dog bit him in the past.
Gude also posted a Los Angeles Police Department video of a man he identified as Perry threatening someone with a rolling baton in 2024. The man in the video appears to be holding a dog on a leash that looks similar to the one captured on surveillance footage of Henderson’s murder.
Police officers wrote to Gude in 2024 and said that an investigation had been opened. It was not yet clear what happened with that investigation. Criminal court records show no recent charges against Perry.
Relatives described Henderson as a happy-go-lucky man who “brought a smile” everywhere he went.
“He was loved by many family and friends. Anyone who knew Berry loved him. Everyone is devastated that what happened to Berry because he is one of those cool guys. Berry doesn’t cause problems,” said his sister, Latoya Payne. “It’s sad … he was killed. We just want justice for our brother.”
