Bystander shot dead after intervening in man, woman's roadside fight; murder suspect was out on bond

A Florida antheral was changeable dormant aft intervening successful a roadside combat betwixt a antheral and pistillate pursuing a car clang — allegedly astatine the hands of a fishy who was already retired connected enslaved successful a abstracted aggravated battle lawsuit involving a deadly weapon.

Raul Lionel Vazquez, 26, has been charged with the second-degree execution of 56-year-old Daryl Alexander Hill, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said connected societal media.

At 8:27 a.m. connected Tuesday, sheriff's deputies responded to an intersection successful Apopka, a municipality northwest of Orlando, and recovered Hill lying look down with a gunshot wound, according to an apprehension affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital.

Hill, who leaves down a woman and a 10-year-old daughter, was rushed to the infirmary but was pronounced dormant astatine 9:20 a.m., the affidavit said.

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The booking photograph of Raul Lionel Vazquez, 26, who was charged with second-degree execution connected Tuesday. The Orange County Sheriff's Office accidental helium changeable 56-year-old Daryl Alexander Hill successful Apopka, Florida. (Orange County Sheriff's Office)

Hill was described arsenic idiosyncratic with a "a contagious personality, an unthinkable consciousness of humor, and a mode of bringing laughter and joyousness to the radical astir him," according to a GoFundMe acceptable up by a person of Hill's wife, Suzy Hill.

Before Hill was shot, Vazquez and a woman, Kaidy Honaker, were seen by aggregate witnesses warring wrong their achromatic Chevy Silverado pickup motortruck erstwhile it crashed into a achromatic Lexus, according to the affidavit. The 2 continued their heated altercation connected the sidewalk.

Vazquez, who was seen shirtless and wearing nary shoes, got successful Honaker's look and appeared to beryllium yelling and pointing astatine her, the affidavit said.

Two witnesses said they saw Hill riding a bicycle adjacent and told authorities that helium got progressive successful the argument, which led to Vazquez and Hill tackling each different into the bushes, per the affidavit.

An undated photograph of Daryl Alexander Hill and his wife, Suzy Hill. Hill leaves down a 10-year-old daughter. (GoFundMe)

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According to the affidavit, Honaker joined the combat arsenic well, aboriginal saying she did truthful to propulsion Hill disconnected Vazquez.

After the combat successful the bushes, Hill began moving distant from Vazquez and Honaker, yelling "help" with his hands successful the air, the affidavit said.

Vazquez retrieved what was aboriginal determined to beryllium a shotgun from his pickup motortruck and fired 1 round, hitting Hill and causing him to autumn to the ground, according to the affidavit.

In an interrogation with investigators, Vazquez offered "many antithetic accounts" of what happened but said that Hill "was warring him and getting the amended of him," according to the affidavit.

Vazquez is escorted by Orange County Sheriff's deputies connected Tuesday, August 11. (Orange County Sheriff's Office)

Vazquez did not person an lawyer connected record. Fox News Digital reached retired to the nationalist defender's bureau for the Ninth Judicial Circuit, which serves Orange and Osceola Counties.

At the clip of the shooting, Vazquez was retired connected enslaved for an aggravated battle with a deadly weapon.

The Apopka Police Department investigated that case, which progressive Vazquez and an accomplice allegedly threatening idiosyncratic with a weapon connected Nov. 13, 2025, according to tribunal records obtained by Fox News Digital.

In February, Vazquez pleaded not blameworthy to the charges and was granted a surety enslaved of $5,000.

Vazquez is loaded into a constabulary conveyance connected Tuesday, August 11. (Orange County Sheriff's Office)

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The Apopka Police Department declined to remark connected Vazquez being granted bond, stating that is simply a determination made by the authorities attorney. The State Attorney's Office for the Ninth Judicial Circuit did not instantly instrumentality a petition for comment.

Vazquez was besides arrested successful March 2025 for a home unit incidental that allegedly progressive strangling someone, per tribunal records. He pleaded not blameworthy and his enslaved was aboriginal discharged.