PROSECUTORS: Totally Fine For Drug Seller To Shoot Criminal Drug Buyer In The Head After Theft Attempt.
COCONUT CREEK, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2025 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — A shooting death investigated as a homicide in Coconut Creek was actually a drug deal gone bad, and the suspect is now cleared of killing the victim. It turns out, according to prosecutors, that the suspect drug-seller was acting in self-defense when he shot a drug buyer in the head. The Coconut Creek Police Department issued this statement to BocaNewsNow.com Wednesday afternoon:
>> The Coconut Creek Police Department wishes to update the public regarding a homicide that occurred on 11/5/2024. The Coconut Creek Police Department responded to the parking lot of 801 Lyons Road (Coco Parc Condominiums) in reference to a shooting.
Upon arrival, officers located a deceased 19-year-old male with apparent gunshot wounds to the head. During the investigation, detectives determined that the decedent made arrangements via social media to purchase narcotics from an unfamiliar subject. When the subject arrived to conduct the transaction, the decedent attempted to rob the subject using a stolen firearm.
The subject, who was also armed, used deadly force against the decedent. Detectives identified the shooter and submitted a Probable Cause Affidavit to the Broward County State Attorney’s Office Homicide Trial Unit (HTU) for the charge of felony murder based on the fact that the homicide occurred during the commission of an illicit drug transaction. HTU determined that the homicide was justified as the subject was acting in self-defense. <<
