Chicago prosecutors revealed that the 2014 killing of a tow truck driver was a murder for hire, with the victim targeted in a contract killing related to towing industry disputes, according to NBC Chicago. The prosecution exposed the lethal extremes of territorial disputes within urban towing markets.
Operator takeaway
A contract killing of a tow truck driver in Chicago — when territorial disputes escalate to murder for hire, the industry has failed at every level of self-regulation that should have intervened first.