Burbank man pleads not guilty to murder of nephew

Ryan Carter

BURBANK -- A 55-year-old Burbank man has pleaded not guilty to

allegations that he shot and killed his 34-year-old nephew, officials

said.

Phillip Norman Perry pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Burbank Superior

Court to one count of murder, said Sandi Gibbons, a spokeswoman for the

Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office.

Perry, a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier in Burbank, was arrested and

charged with the alleged shooting death of his nephew, Phillip Andrew

Perry, who suffered six shots to the head, chest and legs after an

argument over the younger Perry’s moving into his uncle’s home in the

2200 block of North Keystone Street, police said.

Perry is being held at Los Angeles County Men’s Central Jail in lieu

of $2 million bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 27 in

Burbank.