Pasco man fatally shoots neighbor, sheriff says

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A possible dispute between two neighbors in Pasco County turned deadly Tuesday afternoon and deputies were struggling to figure out why.

According to Sheriff Chris Nocco, 38-year-old Edward Lee Tudor was in his house on Richboro Drive in Holiday and, along with a woman described as an "acquaintance," was studying for an exam when a neighbor came inside and shot him.

According to the arrest report for 60-year-old Qiu Feng Ke, who lives on the same street as Tudor, Ke had planned for "years" to kill his neighbor. Ke also intended to kill himself, but did not have the chance, according to the arrest document.

The arresting deputy's report says Ke admitted to taking two loaded handguns - a 9mm and a .22 caliber - from his home to Tudor's home. 

Ke told deputies he went inside to find Tudor holding a small dog. Ke said he shot Tudor once inside the home. 

The two then made their way outside. Ke told the arresting deputy his victim asked "why he was doing this." Ke reportedly shot Tudor several more times as he lay on his front lawn, killing him. 

Ke went into Tudor's home again to find someone named Jen, but Ke told deputies the woman inside the home was not Jen. 

Ke told deputies he intended to hang himself in his own home afterward, but deputies arrived minutes later.

They found Ke at his house with two magazines for a gun.

Ke told deputies he did not regret killing Tudor and had been planning to kill him "for a long time."

"That's what makes this more disturbing. A lot of times people want a conclusion, they want to know, if they can find out a reason, it makes people more at ease," the sheriff said. "We have no reason yet. We have no understanding why somebody would just take an action like that and take a life of another neighbor. That's what unsettling for all of us."

The sheriff told reporters detectives have never responded to any previous disputes between Ke and his neighbor.

Other members of the community arrived home to find crime tape surrounding their neighborhood.

"Let's face it, it scared the hell out of me, when you see police cars around the house," said Jim Siino, who lives a few houses away from the two men involved in the incident but didn't know them. "What could you say? I don't know what causes somebody to do something like this. Like I said, robbery is one thing, [but] murder or killing or shooting?"

The sheriff is asking anyone who has information about any previous disputes between the two men to call detectives.