Monday, June 6, 2011
Long-Standing Neighborhood Dispute Settled After Murder/Suicide
"CANON CITY, CO — A neighbor dispute turned deadly Sunday afternoon, killing two men.
"At 5:35 p.m. Sunday, Cañon City Police responded to a reported shooting in the 2700 block of Elizabeth Street.
"Leo George Pewitt, 32, had suffered two gunshot wounds — one to the chest and one to the legs. Pewitt was air lifted to Penrose hospital where he later died.
"According to witnesses at the scene, Dennis William Abraham, 51, shot Pewitt with a shotgun before turning the weapon on himself and committing suicide.
"The shooting appears to be the result of a long-standing neighborhood dispute."
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You can't argue with a shotgun.
ReplyDeleteUnless you're the one holding it.
I'm one of leo's daughters and I want the story to be fully told, I know I'm commenting late, but this is the first time I've been able to read whats wrote about this- The man who shot my father was our neighbor, and yes he and my dad fought a lot. But this was not the reason my father was shot, Dennis had notebooks full of my fathers every move, There was months of information and average times we'd leave/return to the home. There was also notes that stated ever since he was a teenager he wanted to know what it felt like to kill someone. He also suffered from depression, I believe this man was mentally ill and should not have been able to purchase a gun. Yes the long standing dispute may play a role but it is not the full story.
ReplyDeleteDennis was my father. Yup he was crazy and ive always wanted the opportunity to say im SO sorry. <3 so sorry 😞 to you and your family. Dennis had absolutely no right to do what he did to your father.
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