Video above: Man arrested in connection with shooting that killed a Fort Pierce teen in Fort LauderdaleA Broward County man accused of shooting and killing a 19-year-old Fort Pierce woman wants to temporarily leave jail, again.According to court documents, Larry Lamar Smith, 20, of Lauderhill, requested that a judge grant him a furlough or temporary release from the Broward County Jail because his fiancee is pregnant and expected to enter into delivery Thursday at HCA Florida Hospital in Davie.Smith requested to be released temporarily in order to visit his newborn child. According to court documents, Smith agreed to be released with an electronic monitoring device on him and a curfew to visit the newborn child.Smith, who is charged with second-degree murder with a firearm, is accused of shooting and killing Myrah Zeigler at a rented Fort Lauderdale home on May 19, 2025.The request for temporary release has angered Zeigler’s family.Alacia Ford-Barron, Ziegler’s mother, said on a Facebook Live post Monday that she received a call from her victim advocate informing her of the request made by Smith.Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 News“Anybody that knows me, I try to give everybody the highest respect,” an emotional Ford-Barron said. “I don’t care who is being born. The only thing I care about is justice. You killed my daughter.”This is not the first time Smith has requested a short-term release from jail. On Aug. 4, 2025, Judge Tim Bailey granted Smith’s motion to leave the jail to attend his father’s wake and funeral.He was to be released with a GPS monitor device on him Friday, Aug. 8, 2025, at 9 a.m. and return to the jail Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, by 7 p.m.Three days later, in another court hearing, Bailey modified the release so that Smith could only attend the funeral. Smith was released Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, at 9 a.m. and had to return to the jail by 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025.In both instances, the state objected to Smith’s motion for temporary release from jail.“All I want is justice and it’s like another slap in my face for this to think that he can be released to go see his baby born,” a tearful Ford-Barron said.Ford-Barron said she plans to attend the motion hearing at the Broward County Courthouse on Wednesday to express to the judge why Smith should not be released.Since the short-term release in August, Judge Thomas J. Coleman replaced Bailey on the case. Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.Coleman is scheduled to preside over Wednesday’s hearing at 8:30 a.m. Smith has pleaded not guilty.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. —
Video above: Man arrested in connection with shooting that killed a Fort Pierce teen in Fort Lauderdale
A Broward County man accused of shooting and killing a 19-year-old Fort Pierce woman wants to temporarily leave jail, again.
According to court documents, Larry Lamar Smith, 20, of Lauderhill, requested that a judge grant him a furlough or temporary release from the Broward County Jail because his fiancee is pregnant and expected to enter into delivery Thursday at HCA Florida Hospital in Davie.
Smith requested to be released temporarily in order to visit his newborn child.
According to court documents, Smith agreed to be released with an electronic monitoring device on him and a curfew to visit the newborn child.
Smith, who is charged with second-degree murder with a firearm, is accused of shooting and killing Myrah Zeigler at a rented Fort Lauderdale home on May 19, 2025.
The request for temporary release has angered Zeigler’s family.
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Larry Lamar Smith, (right), 20, of Lauderhill, is accused of shooting and killing Myrah Zeigler, (left), 19 of Fort Pierce, during an altercation at a home in Fort Lauderdale on May 19, 2025.
Alacia Ford-Barron, Ziegler’s mother, said on a Facebook Live post Monday that she received a call from her victim advocate informing her of the request made by Smith.
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“Anybody that knows me, I try to give everybody the highest respect,” an emotional Ford-Barron said. “I don’t care who is being born. The only thing I care about is justice. You killed my daughter.”
This is not the first time Smith has requested a short-term release from jail.
On Aug. 4, 2025, Judge Tim Bailey granted Smith’s motion to leave the jail to attend his father’s wake and funeral.
He was to be released with a GPS monitor device on him Friday, Aug. 8, 2025, at 9 a.m. and return to the jail Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, by 7 p.m.
Three days later, in another court hearing, Bailey modified the release so that Smith could only attend the funeral.
Smith was released Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, at 9 a.m. and had to return to the jail by 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025.
In both instances, the state objected to Smith’s motion for temporary release from jail.
“All I want is justice and it’s like another slap in my face for this [person] to think that he can be released to go see his baby born,” a tearful Ford-Barron said.
Ford-Barron said she plans to attend the motion hearing at the Broward County Courthouse on Wednesday to express to the judge why Smith should not be released.
Since the short-term release in August, Judge Thomas J. Coleman replaced Bailey on the case.
Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.
Coleman is scheduled to preside over Wednesday’s hearing at 8:30 a.m. Smith has pleaded not guilty.