Palm Coast teen found not guilty in drug-deal killing of another teen
Bejamin Sean Allen had been accused of fatally shooting 17-year-old Elijah Rizvan during a deal for $120 worth of marijuana.
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Bejamin Sean Allen had been accused of fatally shooting 17-year-old Elijah Rizvan during a deal for $120 worth of marijuana.
Benjamin Sean Allen is being tried as an adult in the killing of Elijah Rizvan during a drug deal in Palm Coast in 2019.
Defense attorney Gerald Bettman with his client, Benjamin Allen, in court this afternoon. (© FlaglerLive) In Benjamin Allen’s murder trial today, it did not seem as if the prosecution was putting on a case so much as putting up targets for the defense to shoot down, again and again. The only independent witness to the shooting sounded confused, forgetful and contradictory. The defense made the lead detective in the case look gullible for the masses of lies the three young men or boys who were with Allen at the time of the shooting concocted in the 24 hours following the murder.