Gunman in armed robbery murder of North Miami Beach smoke shop owner arrested: Cops

A year after a North Miami Beach smoke shop owner was shot and killed during an armed robbery in a shocking crime that was caught on camera, the alleged gunman in the murder has been arrested, authorities said.

Tarvan Bowens, 18, was arrested Wednesday on first-degree murder and armed robbery charges in the June 11 killing of 35-year-old Salem Albakri, an arrest warrant said.

Bowens is the second suspect arrested in the killing of Albakri, following last August’s arrest of 23-year-old William Robinson.

Albakri had been working at Miami Cloudz at 2063 Northeast 163rd Street when he was discovered on the floor of the store with a gunshot wound lying in a pool of blood…

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