Florida man brings neighbor’s body to lawyer’s office

FORT MYERS, Fla. – A southwest Florida man put his dead neighbor in the bed of his pickup truck and drove to his lawyer’s office, claiming he’d killed the man in self-defense.

Lawyer Robert Harris told the News-Press of Fort Myers that John Marshall, 52, showed up around 4 p.m. Wednesday, saying he didn’t know who else to trust.

Lawyers called 911 and Marshall spent hours at Harris’ office before finally leaving for the hospital around 10:30 p.m. He had a swollen lip, missing tooth and what appeared to be two broken thumbs.

According to Harris, Marshall wrestled a gun away from his neighbor and fatally shot him earlier Wednesday. The two men had apparently been in a dispute over property work.

Lee County Sheriff’s deputies declined to say whether Marshall would be arrested.

This story was originally published March 5, 2015 at 6:49 AM with the headline "Florida man brings neighbor’s body to lawyer’s office."