Keith Hall

The man and teen accused of kicking and punching him to unconsciousness Sunday night now face murder charges.

Keith A. Hall, 38, had been kicked and punched unconscious during a Sunday night robbery. He died at Martin Memorial Hospital on Wednesday after being removed from life support shortly before 5:20 p.m., police spokesman Sgt. Marty Jacobson said.

Hall was robbed outside the Right Way convenience store in the 1800 block of Palm Beach Road at 9:35 p.m.

Kobe Anderson

James LaForteza

Hall had been trying to buy drugs when he was robbed and beaten, police said. Sunday was also the day Hall had been released after being incarcerated for the past year on marijuana possession charges, according to state Department of Corrections records.

James LaForteza

Kobe Anderson

Police say the 38-year-old man was robbed of $40 outside the Right Way convenience store in the 1800 block of Palm Beach Road. Stuart police responded to the parking lot at 9:35 p.m. after they got a call that the man was beaten, according to police spokesman Sgt. Marty Jacobson.

The man, whose name has not yet been released, was trying to purchase drugs at the time of the robbery, Jacobson said.

Witnesses reported to police that Stuart residents James Louis LaForteza, 29, and Kobe Anderson, 15, had beaten the man into unconscious, according to police reports. One woman driving by told the pair to stop when she saw them standing over the man, kicking and punching him on the ground, police said. She and another witness then performed CPR on the man until medics arrived.

LaForteza and Anderson both face charges of robbery and attempted murder.