{"id":237999,"date":"2026-04-19T16:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T16:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/237999\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T16:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T16:56:11","slug":"warrant-issued-after-florida-dog-owner-shot-and-killed-during-dog-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/237999\/","title":{"rendered":"Warrant issued after Florida dog owner shot and killed during dog attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LEESBURG, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Investigators are searching for a man who allegedly meant to shoot a dog attacking a woman in Florida but instead fatally shot the dog\u2019s owner.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies with the Lake County Sheriff&#8217;s Office say 43-year-old Matthew Lee Pasco is wanted, and an arrest warrant has been issued charging him with premeditated first-degree murder.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators report Pasco appeared to be attempting to shoot a dog that was attacking a woman in Leesburg. However, authorities say the gunfire instead struck the dog\u2019s owner.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/small-plane-makes-emergency-landing-on-road-skids-into-field-near-jupiter-indiantown-preserve-news-jupiter-area-plane-incident-aircraft-damage-emergency-landing-field-landing-small-plane-florida-breaking-news-plane-palm-beach-county-news-aviation-e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Small plane makes emergency landing on road, skids into field near Jupiter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The owner was transported to a hospital, where he later died from his injuries, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/lake-county-dog-attack-deadly-shooting-suspect-search\/71051645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WESH<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The attack victim was also hospitalized with dog bite injuries and is currently receiving treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies say Pasco fled the scene on foot and may still be armed with a handgun. <\/p>\n<p>Authorities are urging the public not to approach him and to instead contact law enforcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEESBURG, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Investigators are searching for a man who allegedly meant to shoot a dog attacking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-237999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}