Tow truck driver fatally shoots car owner in Fort Lauderdale during repossession attempt

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The scene after a tow truck driver fatally shot a car owner in Fort Lauderdale, Wednesday, September 21, 2022. Credit: CBS Miami

A tow truck driver shot and killed the owner of a car that was being repossessed Wednesday morning, according to Fort Lauderdale police.

Police received several calls shortly after 10 a.m. about a shooting in the 100 block of Carolina Avenue. When officers arrived, they found the unidentified vehicle owner dead at the scene.

Police detained the tow truck driver, who was not identified, and the driver is cooperating with the investigation.

Lakeethie Sowell heard the gunfire from her apartment nearby She said she walked out to the street and saw the tow truck driver standing over the man who was shot and killed

“He was calm, and as people came out he said, ‘I think I just killed the man.'”

Robert Sowell says he’s puzzled because he saw the tow truck driver hook up the repossessed car and head south, but for some reason, the driver came back. That’s when the confrontation happened

“If you took the vehicle, why would you come back?” he said

Fort Lauderdale police asked anyone who saw the incident to contact them.

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