Elijah Rizvan was 17 when he was shot and killed on July 12, 2019, in Palm Coast, Florida. The shooting occurred in front of 7 Westford Lane during a drug deal arranged over Snapchat; the exchange involved $120 worth of marijuana. Rizvan was shot in the chest and the shooting was witnessed by his girlfriend, who was at the scene.

A 16-year-old Palm Coast resident, Benjamin Sean Allen, was arrested shortly after the incident and charged with first-degree murder. The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office interviewed witnesses and collected evidence as part of its investigation. Allen was held without bond and tried on the murder charge; the jury ultimately acquitted him of first-degree murder.

What details about the transaction or the people involved might help explain how the exchange turned deadly?