Crazed man killed woman, 21, because her pet pooed outside his apartment

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dog that pooed outside his apartment has been found guilty of murder.Michael Close, from the US city of Denver in Colorado, shot Isabella Thallas, 21, after her pet defecated in the accused's rock garden in June 2020.Her boyfriend Darian Simon was also wounded by Close during the shooting with the 38-year-old subsequently pleading not guilty in court with an insanity plea. READ MORE: Woman sparks rabies fears after bringing pet racoon named Rocky into barBut a jury convicted him of the shocking crime after concluding that he did know what he was doing at the time.

According to prosecutors, Close got into a "verbal exchange" with the couple as they told their dog Rocko to "go potty" in the rock garden.Denver police homicide investigator Joseph Trujillo then said Close screamed: "Are you going to train that f*****g dog or just yell at it?" Just moments later, he then fired 24 shots from the AK-47, which he had taken from a friend who was a Denver police sergeant.He hit Thallas in the back and she died at the scene, while Simon suffered injuries to his buttocks and leg.Close subsequently took off in his Mercedes SUV with the AK-47 and a handgun, but police later caught up with him and he was arrested. To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.Sonja Prins, defending Close, claimed he had suffered a mental breakdown, through a culmination of an abusive childhood, a succession of job losses, a break-up and the Covid-19 pandemic.He went on to cry when the verdict was announced as did members of Thallas' family, with mum Anna sobbing: "We’ve been waiting two-and-a-half years for this day and what happened in there just went by… almost as fast as my daughter was slaughtered.