Victim kills one in Lauderdale Lakes armed robbery, police say

Second robber faces murder charge

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.

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.