Family sues apartment complex after teen is shot to death in home invasion

A 19-year-old man was shot and killed during a home invasion at his family s apartment, and the family blames the apartment complex. The family of Patrick Hurlburt this week sued the owner and manager of The Marley at Trout River Apartments on Broward Road, claiming management failed to provide adequate security despite a history of violence there. Police said Hurlburt was in the apartment alone Feb. 13 when several people burst in just before 6:30 p.m. and robbed the 19-year-old before shooting him. He died six days later, police said. No one has been arrested. Police had responded to the apartment complex hundreds of times over the past three years, attorney Pedro Echarte said Thursday during a news conference with the family. “The allegations of that complaint center around the defendants’ failure to implement a single security measure at this apartment complex, despite a very, very extensive history of crime and violent crime in particular,” Echarte said. “In simple ter