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A man stands accused of murdering a Lyft driver as he himself desperately sought to escape a nearby robbery-turned-murder in a horrific string of violence that ravaged a Florida city. And now, prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against him.
Mathew Flores was charged with first-degree murder for the “cold, calculated and premeditated manner” in which he allegedly slaughtered 74-year-old Gary Levin, who had been sitting in his 2022 Kia Stinger, waiting to pick up Flores. He was also charged with armed robbery, another felony.
At the time, Flores had been fleeing a robbery in the area. He allegedly entered Levin’s vehicle, shot him to death, and then stole his car to make a swift getaway. He later dumped Levin’s body near Lake Okeechobee, a water body in the county of the same name, which is about 64 miles (103km) northwest of West Palm Beach.
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