Man shot and killed neighbor out walking his dogs after trying to beat the same puppies with a metal pole

A Georgia antheral volition walk the remainder of his beingness down bars for sidesplitting a neighbour simply due to the fact that the unfortunate was retired walking his dogs.

Stanley Nathaniel Elliott, 75, was recovered blameworthy by a assemblage of his peers successful Gwinnett County this week connected 1 number each of felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the committee of a felony, the territory attorney's bureau announced successful a press release.

In turn, the suspect was sentenced to beingness successful situation with the anticipation of parole positive an further 5 years.

The underlying incidental occurred connected Feb. 25, 2021, on Riverside Parkway successful Lawrenceville – a medium-sized metropolis and northeastern suburb of Atlanta – and took the beingness of 44-year-old Anthony Collins.

On the day successful question, Collins was retired walking his Jack Russell puppies erstwhile Elliott approached him with a weapon successful hand.

Following a dispute, the suspect fatally changeable the victim.

Authorities archetypal received a "trouble unknown" telephone astir an incidental extracurricular of the assemblage excavation and tennis courts of the Meadow Trace neighborhood, according to a study by Atlanta Fox affiliate WAGA. When constabulary arrived, Collins was already dormant successful the parking batch adjacent to his ain car, section NBC affiliate WXIA reported.

It was not the archetypal clip the 2 men argued astir the dogs.

A fewer months earlier the slaying, successful December 2020, Elliott utilized a metallic rod to effort to bushed Collins' dogs, witnesses testified during the trial, according to a courtroom study by Atlanta ABC affiliate WSB-TV. The defendant, successful fact, was thing of a known quantity successful this respect – often utilizing the aforesaid instrumentality to fend disconnected stray dogs.

After the shooting, Gwinnett County constabulary utilized surveillance footage to place Elliott and aboriginal recovered the weapon utilized successful the slaying hidden successful a motorboat successful the defendant's garage, according to prosecutors.

During the trial, jurors heard astir the anterior altercation and were shown surveillance footage of a antheral resembling Elliott raising an limb to sprout different antheral who is seen connected video walking respective dogs.

"Violence – and particularly deadly unit – is not the reply for solving immoderate dispute," Gwinnett County District Attorney Patsy Austin-Gatson said successful a connection obtained by WAGA.