‘He can die too’: Man shoots dog owner dead with laser-sighted gun when victim tried to protect his pet, police say

A Florida man allegedly shot a dog owner to death while the dogs were attacking a woman, saying “you think I won’t shoot you too?” after the victim questioned whether he would actually fire at him.

Matthew Lee Pasco, 43, is facing a charge of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Shawn Cyriacks in Leesburg, an Orlando suburb. According to a probable cause arrest affidavit reviewed by Law&Crime, deputies with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded on Friday to a homeless camp in the 1900 block of Griffin Road.

Deputies were initially responding to aid a woman who had been bitten by multiple dogs. As a 911 dispatcher was obtaining information from the caller, there was sudden screaming in the background…

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