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https://www.denverpost.com/2018/03/28/thornton-man-neighbor-dog-shot-5-times/
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A 32-year-old Thornton man allegedly shot his neighbor in the back of the head after yelling at him for swatting his dog after the animal jumped a fence and nearly hanged itself Tuesday night, the victim’s fiancee says.

Thornton police have arrested Michael Kourosh Sadeghi for investigation of first-degree murder in connection to the death of his 42-year-old neighbor, Dustin Schmidt.

The victim has not been identified by the Adams County coroner, but Schmidt’s fiancee, Vicki Branaghan, 42, said her partner was killed while standing in their backyard in Thornton. Branaghan said she and the victim had been living together for three years.
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“We were all three standing there,” Branaghan said. “Mike pulled the gun out and shot Dustin in the back of the head five times. I was just a few feet away. Mike turned around and walked back to his house as though nothing happened.”
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“Right now no motive has been established,” Barnes said. “All indications are that these people — up until last night — got along. We’re still trying to figure out why one neighbor shot another.”

The shooting has stunned the middle class neighborhood. Terri Van Fossen said she ran outside after the shooting to comfort Branaghan, her next door neighbor and close friend. She said Sadeghi and Branaghan had been friends for a long time.

“I was so shocked last night. I can’t fathom it. They’ve always gotten along fine. There was no feud between them. Nothing,” Van Fossen said.

Branaghan confirmed she had a friendly relationship with Sadeghi, who lived alone in a two-story home that shared a back fence with the home where she lived with Schmidt.
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Branaghan adopted a German-shepherd mix dog, Bruno, from an animal shelter. The dog repeatedly jumped the 5-foot privacy fence into Sadeghi’s yard, she said. Branaghan and Schmidt ran electric wires on the fence and got a shock collar, but Bruno could not be stopped from leaping over the fence.

Around 7 p.m. Tuesday, Bruno was on a red leash tied to a stake in Branaghan’s grassy back yard when he jumped the fence and was left hanging by his neck on Sadeghi’s side of the fence, she said.

Schmidt ran over to the fence, reached his arms over and pulled Bruno back into his yard. He then swatted the dog. Sadeghi saw the incident from inside his home, Branaghan said.

“Mike started screaming: ‘Did you hit that dog?'” Branaghan said.

Branaghan yelled back, acknowledging that her fiance had swatted the dog for discipline, she said.

Sadeghi began yelling and cussing at Schmidt as he walked back to the house with Bruno, accusing him of beating the dog.
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Branaghan said her fiance was shocked at Sadeghi’s rage over the incident and was trying to calm him down. But Sadeghi kept yelling. Schmidt had turned to walk back to his house when Sadeghi reached over the fence and shot him, Branaghan said.
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Sadeghi didn’t speak after the shooting, Branaghan said.

Wednesday morning, blood was spattered on the fence and pooled under a tree.

“In the end of the day a man shouldn’t lose his life over it,” Diles said of the fight. “He was an awesome man.”

Branaghan said her fiance was a manager at a Longmont warehouse.
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This sounds very impulsive to me. Not premeditated.

One of those situations that might have benefited from less ready access to firearms, if you ask me. (Which obviously you do not have to.)
 
Ordinary Bearded Guy #4 here was probably trying to impress
the Bucktooth Cornnut Grinning broad that he was cool.

Either that or just is really angry with a small meat stinger.
 
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A man who shot his neighbor four times in the head after seeing him beating his dog has been convicted of murder.

Michael Sadeghi got into an argument with Dustin Schmidt over how he disciplined his pet in Thornton, Colorado.

A German shepherd mix belonging to Schmidt's girlfriend jumped a back fence into Sadeghi's yard in March last year, prosecutors said.

Bruno the dog was hanging by his leash when Schmidt pulled the animal back over the around five-foot fence into his yard.

Sadeghi then saw Schmidt spanking the animal on the behind and an argument ensued, which saw the defendant shoot his neighbor four times.

The 33-year-old was charged with first-degree murder and found guilty by a jury at Adams County District Court after two hours of deliberation,
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No word on Bruno
 
"A 33-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday for shooting his neighbor to death during an argument over a dog that kept jumping over a fence into the defendant’s back yard."

 
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