Malcolm Xavier Perry was an American man from Virginia, United States. He and Clevy Muchette Nelson-Royster served in the U.S. Army as captains.

“F*** you, Malcolm!” Nelson-Royster allegedly yelled at Perry on October 11, 2020. “When my n***** comes back from Afghanistan, I’m a get him to shoot yo’ ass!”

Hours after this, Perry died. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He was born and raised Newport News, Virginia.
2. He was Michael Perry and Dana N. Perry‘s only child.
3. He loved photography.
4. He attended Denbigh High School in Newport News and Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia.
5. He and Nelson-Royster were both logistics officers assigned to the 123rd Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, USA. As a logistics officer, he received several awards including the Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Global War on Terror Service Medal, Korea Defense Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal and an Overseas Service Ribbon.
6. In 2015, he and Nelson-Royster joined the U.S. Army. Their on-and-off relationship started that year.
7. In March 2020, he was stationed at Fort Bliss. Nelson-Royster allegedly had a problem with his frequent visits to the Jaguars, a strip club on Gateway West Boulevard in El Paso.
8. On the early morning of October 11, 2020, he was already at the Jaguars strip club when Nelson-Royster arrived with Richard Mustapha Sennessie so he joined them at their table. She allegedly grabbed his glasses and broke them so she was escorted out. Hours after leaving the strip club, he was sitting in his Audi parked at the parking lot of his apartment complex when she and Sennessie arrived. She allegedly attacked him so he drove off. Sennessie drove her black 2019 Jeep Wrangler while she was in the passenger’s seat and they chased him.
9. At around 5:46 a.m. on October 11, 2020, he made a 911 call to report that somebody was following him on Edgemere Boulevard in El Paso and a Jeep Wrangler was hitting and bumping his car. He told the operator, “I am going to die.” Sennessie allegedly intentionally rammed Nelson-Royster’s car into his car, causing it to roll over and catch fire at the intersection of John Hayes and N. Zaragoza in El Paso. He was burned alive as a result. The authorities found him dead at the scene at around 5:50 a.m.
10. He died at age 27. His grandmother Geralene Brown told WCNC,“I just want justice for my grandson. I want them to feel the pain they did to my grandson.”