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

A Florida man was shot dead after intervening in a roadside fight between a man and woman following a car crash — allegedly at the hands of a suspect who was already out on bond in a separate aggravated assault case involving a deadly weapon.

Raul Lionel Vazquez, 26, has been charged with the second-degree murder of 56-year-old Daryl Alexander Hill, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said on social media.

At 8:27 a.m. on Tuesday, sheriff’s deputies responded to an intersection in Apopka, a town northwest of Orlando, and found Hill lying face down with a gunshot wound, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital.

Hill, who leaves behind a wife and a 10-year-old daughter, was rushed to the hospital but was pronounced dead at 9:20 a.m., the affidavit said.

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Hill was described as someone with a “a contagious personality, an incredible sense of humor, and a way of bringing laughter and joy to the people around him,” according to a GoFundMe set up by a friend of Hill’s wife, Suzy Hill.

Before Hill was shot, Vazquez and a woman, Kaidy Honaker, were seen by multiple witnesses fighting inside their white Chevy Silverado pickup truck when it crashed into a black Lexus, according to the affidavit. The two continued their heated altercation on the sidewalk.

Vazquez, who was seen shirtless and wearing no shoes, got in Honaker’s face and appeared to be yelling and pointing at her, the affidavit said.

Two witnesses said they saw Hill riding a bicycle nearby and told authorities that he got involved in the argument, which led to Vazquez and Hill tackling each other into the bushes, per the affidavit.

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According to the affidavit, Honaker joined the fight as well, later saying she did so to pull Hill off Vazquez.

After the fight in the bushes, Hill began running away from Vazquez and Honaker, yelling “help” with his hands in the air, the affidavit said.

Vazquez retrieved what was later determined to be a shotgun from his pickup truck and fired one round, hitting Hill and causing him to fall to the ground, according to the affidavit.

In an interview with investigators, Vazquez offered “many different accounts” of what happened but said that Hill “was fighting him and getting the better of him,” according to the affidavit.

Vazquez did not have an attorney on record. Fox News Digital reached out to the public defender’s office for the Ninth Judicial Circuit, which serves Orange and Osceola counties.

At the time of the shooting, Vazquez was out on bond for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

The Apopka Police Department investigated that case, which involved Vazquez and an accomplice allegedly threatening two people with a gun on Nov. 13, 2025, according to court records obtained by Fox News Digital.

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

The State Attorney’s Office for the Ninth Judicial Circuit told Fox News Digital that the conditions of the bond included “no contact with the co-defendant, victims, or witnesses, as well as a requirement that he surrender any firearms within 24 hours of release.”

The trial for that case is scheduled for Sept. 22, the state attorney’s office said.

State Attorney Monique Worrell said in a statement to Fox News Digital that it recognizes “questions surrounding [Vasquez’s] prior arrests.”

“An arrest is not a conviction, and every case must be evaluated based on the evidence available, the participation of witnesses and victims, and the law,” Worrell said. “Where the evidence supports prosecution, our office prosecutes. Where the evidence does not legally or ethically support moving forward, prosecutors cannot pursue a case simply because an arrest was made.

“The public deserves accurate information about how those prior cases were handled, and we will provide that information to the extent we can without compromising this active prosecution.”

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Vazquez was also arrested in March 2025 for a domestic violence incident that allegedly involved strangling someone, per court records. 

He pleaded not guilty, and his bond was later discharged.

The state attorney’s office told Fox News Digital that prosecutors could not proceed with the case because the alleged victim “was unavailable or unwilling to cooperate.”