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2 teens arrested in homeless man's shooting death

Two teenagers are accused of killing a homeless man and shooting his friend outside a Pompano Beach apartment complex.

Harry Velez, 17, and Brady Fisher, 19, were arrested in connection with the shooting of Cristobal Mariano and his homeless friend, Eustoquio Lopez.

Mariano and Lopez were chatting outside the apartment where Mariano lives when the suspects approached, a confrontation ensued and shots were fired, the Broward Sheriff's Office said.

Lopez, 46, died at the hospital, but Mariano, 40, is expected to survive.

A security guard at a nearby apartment complex saw two shirtless teens get inside a Ford Taurus and drive off. He wrote down the car's license plate number and gave it to detectives.

Velez faces one count of first-degree murder and Fisher faces one count of accessory after the fact.

Detectives said the motive for the shooting was robbery.

Read the South Florida Sun-Sentinel report here.

Full post as published by the 13th juror on December 14, 2009 (boomark / email).