SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — Court will resume Wednesday in the attempted-murder trial connected to a shooting inside a Publix grocery story in Altamonte Springs.
LilBurtie Willis is accused of trying to kill an armored car worker during an attempted robbery around 3:30 p.m. October 22, 2015, investigators said.
“This defendant, LilBurtie Willis, then approached Mr. Rivera, said nothing and opened fire,” said Tom Hastings, assistant state attorney. “Mr. Rivera was armed, but he never had an opportunity to get his gun before he was shot.”
Marcos Rivera was picking up $5,000 from Publix to transfer it to the armored truck when he was shot.
“I’m looking at him and that's when I figured something was a little bit off,” Rivera said. "I already noticed that I wasn't going to be able to draw my weapon, so I kind of turned around and I caught one bullet to the back of my head."
The bullet pierced Rivera’s skull and is still stuck in his body, Rivera said.
Investigators said evidence from Willis’ phone linked him to the crime. They said moments after the robbery, he began searching for information on the shooting and before he went to jail, he’s accused of watching the shooting 12 times on Channel 9’s website.
Rivera is back at work.
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