Man confesses to killing, brings body to lawyer's office

 The (Fort Myers, Fla.) News-Press  March 5, 2015

A Florida man who drove a dead neighbor to his attorney's office will not be arrested, his attorney said. The man claims he killed his neighbor in self-defense during a dispute.

John Marshall, with his head covered by a hood, is escorted into the car of his lawyer, Robert Harris, March 4, 2015. Marshall drove the body of man he allegedly shot to Harris' office in Fort Myers, Fla.(Photo: Andrew West, The (Fort Myers, Fla.) News-Press, Andrew West/ The News-Press)

     A man who drove a dead neighbor to his attorney's office claiming he killed him in self defense will not be arrested, his attorney, Robert Harris, said late Wednesday.

John Marshall walked into Harris' law firm Wednesday claiming he had killed a man in self-defense in Bokeelia and brought the body with him in the bed of his pickup.
Lee County Sheriff's deputies on the scene declined to confirm whether Marshall will be arrested or not.
   Marshall spent the majority of Wednesday holed up at the Harris Law Firm.
At 10:33 p.m. Marshall, who had injuries, left his lawyer's office bound for Lee Memorial Hospital.
Marshall exited the practice wearing a black jacket over his head to avoid the news cameras waiting for him outside.
   Marshall, told his attorney that he had wrestled the gun away from the other man and fatally shot him in the scuffle earlier in the afternoon, Harris said.

   Robert Harris, John Marshall's attorney and owner of the Harris Law Firm, describes how Marshall brought a man's body to his office, claiming he killed him in self defense. 

   Marshall, 52, had a swollen lip, a freshly missing tooth, another tooth that is chipped and what looked like two broken thumbs, Harris said. Marshall said he brought the man to the attorney's office because he didn't know who else to trust.
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