HARTFORD, Conn. -- A tow truck driver showed Eyewitness News his bruises after he was beat up on the job.

Slade Secore told Eyewitness News on Sunday that he can't see out of one eye and he ached from cuts and bruises over the weekend.

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"I was scared for my life. I was worried I could have died right there," Secore said.

Hartford police told Eyewitness News the mayor's nephew, Ruben Perez, 21, was arrested and charged with third-degree assault in the incident. Police have not yet said what role Perez may have had in the incident and that more arrests are possible.

Police have also launched an internal affairs investigation because Secore's brother is a Hartford police officer who was off-duty on Sunday when he allegedly went to the jail and visited Perez.

Channel 3 Eyewitness News reporter Len Besthoff reported on Monday that Perez has suffered injuries. Secore's brother, two officers and a sergeant who were in or around the detention center were put on administrative leave.

Secore, of Whitey's Towing in Hartford, told Channel 3 Eyewitness News reporter Katy Zachry on Sunday that he was towing a car on Saturday night from a housing complex on Wethersfield Avenue.

Secore said the car did not have a permit to park in the complex, which has a towing contract with Whitey's Towing.

"It was a legitimate tow; they were trespassing on the property," Secore said.

Secore said the man's car was elevated off the ground when the man ran out of one of the condos and drove off in the rig.

"He hit the car that was next to him and damaged his back bumper and his taillights in the process," Secore said.

Secore said the driver and about a dozen friends then turned on him.

"They all just jumped on me, starting beating on me; they got me to the ground and were stomping on my head," he said. "It was brutal."

Secore's boss, Rich Hoegeman, said he heard him in distress and called police. By the time police arrived, everyone but one attacker had managed to run.

"I arrived on scene, five other wrecker companies showed up, (and so did) two ambulances before the police department showed up," Hoegeman said.

"I was told there could be permanent damage to right eye; there could be loss of vision for the rest of my life," Secore said.

Police made one arrest and have not yet released more information.

"The supervisors will be investigated as well as officers present in booking at the time. We do not tolerate this and this is not a reflection of our police department," said Hartford Police Chief Daryl Roberts.

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