Colorado man shoots neighbor in head five times over fight about dog

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Vicki Branaghan, Schmidt’s fiancée, told the Denver Post that they had a friendly relationship with Sadeghi and that they shared a fence in the backyard. But Branaghan said her dog started to become an issue because they were having trouble keeping it in the backyard.

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The dog jumped the five-foot fence again Tuesday and went into Sadeghi’s yard -- nearly hanging itself, she told the newspaper. She said Schmidt went over to pull the dog back into their yard and hit the dog in the process to discipline him.

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

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Sadeghi snapped and accused Schmidt of beating the dog, she said. Schmidt started to walk back into his home when Sadeghi shot him in the back of the head five times, she said.

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