Video: Confrontation between man, tow truck driver in Milwaukee
Confrontation between tow truck drivers, man
New video shows a confrontation between an elderly man and two tow truck drivers in Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE - New video shows a confrontation between an elderly man and tow truck drivers on Milwaukee's west side.
Confrontation
What we know:
The video appears to show a confrontation between a man in his 80s and employees from DT2 Towing. In the video, you can see a tow truck employee appear to push the door of the truck, knocking the man down.
Another angle of the video, which appears to show the initial interaction, shows what looks to be a knife in the man's hand.
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Eventually, the employees of the tow truck company drive away with the man's vehicle.
New video
Dig deeper:
All drivers for DT2 Towing wear body cameras, which showed a new angle of the incident. The man, who has identified himself to FOX6 News news as "Erby," was holding a knife during the confrontation.
Erby, who wouldn't share his last name, did tell FOX6 he was parked in the same spot he's used for 30 years and thought his car was being stolen.
What they're saying:
"Someone hollered, ‘Somebody’s Cadillac is being stolen.’ That’s when I ran out," the man, identified as Erby, said. "I didn’t know what was going on."
He said he was picking up medication for his wife at the Walgreens on 35th and Wisconsin when things took a turn.
That's why he says he ran out with the knife.
He said no one from the tow company identified themselves.
The other side:
The employees who work for DT2 Towing told FOX6 they have signs all over the lot.
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They say they were towing Erby because he was parked illegally. But they said they didn’t have time to tell him anything because he was running toward them with a knife.
MPD response
What they're saying:
The Milwaukee Police Department said they responded to a report of a fight at approximately 1:28 p.m. on Monday, March 3. When police arrived at the scene, they did not locate the complainant or the tow truck.
The incident was called in by a third party, police say.
What's next:
On Tuesday, Erby walked out of DT2 Towing company with his car and without any further incident.
FOX6 News has reached out to the tow truck company for more information. So far, we have not heard back.
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