Miramar

Man and 2 women charged with murder in deadly shooting at Miramar apartment complex

Lindsey Grinage and Yesenia Collier, both 28, and 34-year-old Steven Lapenta, are facing charges of first-degree murder with a firearm in the Oct. 3 shooting, records showed

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A man and two women are facing murder charges in the fatal shooting of a man at a Miramar apartment complex last month.

Lindsey Grinage and Yesenia Collier, both 28, and 34-year-old Steven Lapenta, are facing charges of first-degree murder with a firearm in the Oct. 3 shooting, records showed.

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Lapenta was arrested last month while Grinage was arrested Thursday, Broward jail records showed. Information about Collier's arrest wasn't available.

Steven Lapenta and Lindsey Grinage
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Steven Lapenta and Lindsey Grinage

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The shooting happened at the Avalon Miramar Park Place Apartments on Southwest 30th Court.

The victim, 36-year-old Alec Mathew Hugh-Sam, was found shot at the scene and rushed to Memorial Regional Hospital where he died from his injuries.

According to a police report, Lapenta is the one who pulled the trigger after confronting Hugh-Sam and hsi girlfriend and demanding $3,500 in cash that they had.

Much of the report detailing how the shooting unfolded is redacted, but it appears Lapenta, Grinage and Collier were with Hugh-Sam and his girlfriend at a club partying hours before the shooting.

A physical altercation took place at the club and police were called, the report said.

Lapenta, Grinage and Collier confronted Hugh-Sam at the apartment complex hours later, where Lapenta fired a single shot that killed Hugh-Sam, the report said.

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