Crime & Safety
Adam Matos Testifies 4 Pasco Slayings Were In Self-Defense
Matos testified in his quadruple murder trial that he committed the slayings on Aug. 28, 2014
NEW PORT RICHEY, FL - Adam Matos testified Wednesday in his quadruple murder trial that he committed the slayings but in self-defense. Matos, 32, is accused of killing former girlfriend Megan Brown, her new boyfriend Nicholas Leonard, and Brown's parents, Greg and Margaret, in August 2014.
Matos testified that he and Megan Brown began arguing on Aug. 28, 2014 so he left the Brown home, Bay News 9 reported. When he returned Matos said Leonard grabbed him by the throat and pulled out a gun. Matos says he managed to stab Leonard while taking his gun. He testified that Greg Brown then tried to shoot him with a hunting gun, but he shot him with Leonard's gun in self-defense.
Matos said he shot Megan Brown because he thought she also had a gun and then beat Margaret Brown to death when she came home from work that night.
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