Filmmaker killed in dispute over shrubs - EOTM! Entertainment ...

Filmmaker John Charles Upton Jr.,? was shot and killed on Thursday following a dispute with a neighbor over trimming shrubbery on a dirt path of his Encinitas home, he was 56. Upton is best known for his documentaries.

?Michael Vilkin, 61, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder and was being held without bail, pending arraignment Tuesday, authorities said.

Vilkin, in an interview conducted in county jail, told KGTV in San Diego that the killing was in self-defense after Upton menaced him with a gun during the dispute. Vilkin told reporters?

?I did not go to him. He came to me threatening and pulled a gun (on) me.?

Vilkin said he owns vacant property next to Upton?s home. Upton?s brother, Michael Upton, told U-T San Diego that his brother and Vilkin previously argued about trees.

Police have not said whether Mr Upton, 56, had a gun on him at the time of the shooting.

?I shot him; you know, I predicted him to fall immediately because this is a .44-caliber Magnum,? Vilkin said.

?He did not, he did two or three steps toward me and then I shot him in the head.?

Source: http://eotmblog.com/2013/03/filmmaker-killed-in-dispute-over-shrubs/

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