Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
LAUDERDALE LAKES — One man is dead and another is facing a murder charge following an armed robbery where a victim opened fire on the pair, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said.
Litanis Alcira, 41, of Margate, and another man robbed two people in the 3900 block of Northwest 34th Way in Lauderdale Lakes about 10:30 p.m. on Nov. 20, investigators said.
One of the victims had a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Detectives said he was in fear for his life when he drew his gun and fired, wounding one of the robbery suspects.
Litanis Alcira, 41, of Margate, is facing a felony murder charge for the shooting death of an alleged accomplice in an armed robbery in Lauderdale Lakes where one of the victims fired at them and killed one of the suspects, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said. (Broward Sheriff's Office)
Alcira drove the wounded accomplice a couple miles south to the South Lakes Shopping Plaza at 3710 W. Oakland Park Blvd., east of U.S. 441. He called 911 and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue took the wounded man to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, investigators said.
Alcira was arrested Sunday and charged with armed robbery and felony murder because someone died during the commission of a crime. There is no record of the victim being charged in the shooting.
Florida’s Stand Your Ground law permits anyone who feels threatened with serious bodily injury or death to “meet force with force” for self-defense.
Alcira was being held without bond in the Broward Main Jail, records show.
The names of the dead man and the man who shot him were not disclosed by authorities.
Wayne K. Roustan is a breaking news reporter for the Sun Sentinel and that includes writing, photographing and video recording stories on a wide variety of topics that affect South Florida. He has been a print and broadcast journalist for more than 35 years.