The Brief
- A 75-year-old Lawrenceville man was sentenced to life in prison for the 2021 shooting death of Anthony Collins during a dispute over the victim’s puppies.
- Jurors viewed surveillance footage of the deadly encounter on Riverside Parkway, which followed a previous December 2020 incident where the shooter tried to hit the dogs with a metal rod.
- Gwinnett County police identified the killer through video and later found the murder weapon hidden inside a motorboat in his garage.
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – A Lawrenceville man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being found guilty of killing a neighbor who was walking his puppies.
Gwinnett County murder trial
What we know:
Stanley Nathaniel Elliott, 75, was found guilty of felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. A judge sentenced him to life in prison with the possibility of parole, plus five years, for the death of 44-year-old Anthony Collins.
The shooting happened on the afternoon of Feb. 25, 2021, while Collins was walking his Jack Russell puppies in a neighborhood on Riverside Parkway. Gwinnett County police used video footage to identify Elliott and later found the gun used in the killing hidden in a motorboat in his garage.
Previous neighborhood dispute
The backstory:…