Friday's fatal pit bull shooting was caught on camera and posted to social media & the shooter arrested!

Christopher Samuel, 54, allegedly shot his neighbor's dog in a dispute that was caught on video on Friday in Perris, California

A dispute between neighbors in California climaxed this weekend when one allegedly shot the other's two-year-old pit bull to death in an incident that was caught on camera.

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Graphic: Video shows man closing dog in yard and shooting it

Man closes dog in his yard and shoots it while the owner watches helpless in California

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Christopher Samuel, 54, was arrested on Friday, on suspicion of animal cruelty and negligent discharge of a firearm following the argument in Perris.

Friday's shooting was caught on camera and posted to social media, where it quickly went viral.

It is believed that the neighbors involved in the incident have long-standing disputes with one another.

Deputies were called to the home at about 3.30 pm after a report that shots had been fired, according to Riverside County Sheriff's Deputy Armando Munoz.

When officers arrived, they found dead pit bull in a yard of a residence, according to CBS Los Angeles.

Video footage, posted by Alexis Lemmon - the daughter of the dog's owner - shows a man with a rifle gunning down the two-year-old dog. The man in the video is allegedly Samuel.

The dog's owner, Michael Lemmon, claimed that his dog was shot after it wandered into Samuel's backyard.

'He closed my dog in his yard and he's shooting at my dog,' Lemmon is heard saying in the video.

His stepmom, Debbie Meindl-Lemmon, believes Samuel should 'do some time'.

'I mean, that was obviously premeditated. He had the R-15 right there. I believe he would have shot my stepson and my husband if they had walked in,' she told CBS Los Angeles.

The family claims that tension between the two across-the-street neighbors kicked off when Samuel started taking photos of people visiting their house.

Wayne Lemmon, Michael's father, said he asked Samuels what he was doing and the man reportedly 'cursed' at Lemmon.

They said that while they were talking to Samuel, their dog ran into his yard.

'He had his gate open, 'bout like it is now, and as soon as the dog runs in there, and the dog ran up to the fence where the other dogs were, he's in he closes the gate on the dog,' Wayne told CBS Los Angeles.

Samuel's friend who wanted to remain anonymous, however, said that the Lemmon family had been causing trouble for quite some time and had put their dog in Samuel's yard to intimidate him.

Deputies said the video makes it clear the dog was not aggressive and Samuel was not acting in self defense.

'Could he walk away, get back into his yard or his house,' said Riverside County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Chris Durham, 'and then call dispatch or Animal Control to help him with the situation and those are the things that the video helps us to know and understand.'

Samuel was booked into Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside and later released.

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