Lawyer, 33, is arrested for shooting man, 73, over 30 TIMES 'Wild West-style' after argument over a dog

A lawyer has been arrested after he allegedly shot and killed his 73-year-old neighbor following an argument over the victim's unleashed dog.

Surveillance footage captured Luis França, 33, walking his own dog before he pulled out his gun and fired at Manoel de Oliveria, 73, outside their residential complex in the southeastern city of Vitória, Brazil, on Saturday.

Authorities said more than 30 shots were exchanged in the wild west-style shootout that unfolded after França confronted de Oliveria and his wife, Marília Pepino, in the courtyard because their pet Alaskan malamute did not have his leash and muzzle on.

Pepino told TV Vitória that her husband returned to their apartment to retrieve a gun and kept it in his waistband before França took his weapon out and began firing.

'The discussion started here in the square. We were sitting, he (Luis) started insulting us,' Pepino said. 'My husband hadn't said anything, nothing to him. Nothing! He was the one who started saying: 'I already told you, old man, to you put a collar on that dog.''

Manoel de Oliveria (pictured) was shot dead outside his home in Vitória, Brazil during an argument with his neighbor, Luis França, who was upset he did not have a leash and muzzle on his pet dog. At point de Oliveria went to his apartment and returned with a gun before França shot and killed him. Authorities said more than 30 shots were fired in the shootout

Brazilian lawyer, Luis França, was apprehended after he shot and killed his neighbor, Manoel de Oliveria, in front of their residential complex in the southeastern city of Vitória on Saturday. França told police he fired his weapon after de Oliveria fired the first shot

Luis França stood next to his pet dog when he opened fire and shot his neighbor, Manoel de Oliveira, who died after collapsing on a street

The widow said she attempted to diffuse the situation by telling França to leave.

According to Pepino, França told her, 'No! Let's see who dies first, let's see who gets a mouth full of ants'. 

Pepino said that França 'fired the first show' before de Oliveira drew his gun and responded with fire. 

The couple's pet dog was wounded during the shootout. 

De Oliveira and his wife walked about one block before he collapsed to the ground. He was pronounced dead on the scene.  

França remained at the site of the crime and was placed under arrest after telling cops that de Oliveria had fired first.

'I reacted, he took the gun and shot me, I reacted. Help me urgently for the love of God,' França told an emergency operator in an audio of the recording obtained by Brazilian news outlet G1.

'Vitória, Vitória, Vitória, for the love of God, girl. Vitória, Mata da Praia. Girl for the love of God ... He came after me with a gun, I reacted and he died, for God's sake, I'm asking for help!'

Manoel de Oliveria was shot dead after and his pet dog was wounded in a shootout in front of his home in Vitória, Brazil on Saturday 

Brazilian attorney Luis França will remain in pretrial detention after the judge considered the 'extreme seriousness of the crime' in which the 33-year-old defendant shot and killed his 73-year-old neighbor, Manoel de Oliveira, during an argument of the victim's unleashed dog 

Marília Pepino tried to calm Luis França before she shot and killed her husband in the shootout 

73-year-old Manoel de Oliveira killed in a shootout by his neighbor during an argument over de Oliveira's unleashed dog 

He made his first court appearance Sunday and was kept on pretrial detention due to the 'extreme seriousness of the crime' that occurred on a 'public street with heavy pedestrian traffic.'

França's attorney Leonardo Gagno said that he fired in defense and that he did not have the intention of shooting de Oliveira's dog, according to Brazilian news outlet G1.

Gagno and the rest of the legal team were planning on asking the judge to release França from jail.

'He (Manoel) is not a victim, he is an aggressor. My client acted in self-defense,' Gagno said.

The lawyers for Brazilian attorney Luis França (pictured) argue that he shot and killed retiree Manoel de Oliveira in 'self-defense'

Eugênio Ricas, the Secretary of State for Public Security of Espírito Santo, released a video statement lamenting the shooting and indicating it could have been avoided had both men talked over their differences.

'Normally I talk here about arrests of criminals, about police operations, but today I'm going to talk about the need for dialogue, the need for tolerance, to invest in the culture of peace,' he said. 

'Yesterday two men exchanged gunfire in Mata da Praia, it seems there were more of 30 shots, a western in the middle of Mata da Praia, and one of them ended up dying.

'All this because of arguments over dog walking. In other words, a banal crime, a banal death and the result is that now two families are torn apart,' Ricas added. 

'One because they lost their loved one and the other because they now have one in their midst. a person who killed another person due to lack of dialogue. 

'It is important that we invest more in tolerance, in dialogue, in the culture of peace. Only in this way will we be able to live in a more civilized society, in a society of peace and for our children, can walk peacefully without being afraid of leaving and not coming back.'