A man is in police custody after he arrived at his lawyer 's Fort Myers office claiming he had killed a man in self defense and that the man 's body was outside in his pickup truck . John Marshall , told his lawyer that a neighbor had approached him with a gun and that he had fatally shot the unnamed man in a scuffle earlier on Wednesday afternoon , said Robert Harris , Marshall 's attorney and owner of the Harris Law Firm . Marshall , 52 , had a swollen lip , a freshly missing tooth , another tooth that is chipped and what looked like two broken thumbs , Harris said . John Marshall , pictured right in a previous mugshot , told lawyer Robert Harris that a neighbor had approached him with a gun and that he had fatally shot the unnamed man in a scuffle earlier on Wednesday afternoon . Marshall 's green pickup sat for much of Wednesday afternoon at the back of Marshall 's law firm with crime scene tape around it and a dead body in the back . He told Naples Daily News that Marshall looked 'like he 'd been in a fight for his life . ' Marshall told Harris he 'd been at one of his properties in Bokeelia when his neighbor had come at him with a gun . Marshall said his neighbor pistol-whipped him , knocking out a tooth , and said the two ended up in a wrestling match on the ground , each man squirming for the gun . After killing his neighbor Marshall said he brought the man to the attorney 's office because he did n't know who else to trust . Harris called 911 shortly after his client arrived at the law firm about 4 p.m. Harris said the man was cooperating with authorities . The two men had been in some sort of dispute over property work in Bokeelia , Florida , Harris told News-Press.com . Robert Harris ' law firm is located in downtown Fort Myers . Harris told reports that the incident involving Marshall was the 'cleanest-cut case of self defense I 've ever seen ' A few days ago , Marshall came to the law firm looking for advice about his neighbor , whom he considered a threat . Marshall said he was doing some construction around his property that the two had argued about . Marshall had plans to file for a restraining order , according to Harris . 'It 's the cleanest-cut case of self defense I 've ever seen , ' Harris said . Detectives from the major crimes unit are conducting a death investigation , according to the Sheriff 's Office statement . No other people are believed to have witnessed the fight . Harris is also representing Marshall in a felony case for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon from September .
John Marshall claims a neighbor approached him with a gun and that he had fatally shot the unnamed man in a scuffle on last week . After the incident Marshall drove to his lawyer 's office in Fort Myers , Florida , with the dead body in the back of his green pickup . Marshall 's lawyer Robert Harris said his client looked 'like he 'd been in a fight for his life ' Harris said Marshall had contacted him Wednesday after a neighbor who he had argued with and they had discussed getting a restraining order .