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Good Samaritan Fatally Shot After Breaking Up Roadside Fight in Apopka

A judge ordered the accused held without bond after prosecutors charged 26-year-old Raul Lionel Vazquez with second-degree murder.

Overview

  • Witnesses and an arrest affidavit say Hill stepped in to break up a fight that began inside a pickup that crashed into an SUV and that Vazquez retrieved a shotgun and fired one round that struck him.
  • Deputies say Daryl Alexander Hill was taken to a hospital and later died, and investigators say Vazquez admitted during questioning that he fired the shot.
  • The accused, Raul Lionel Vazquez, was arrested on a second-degree murder charge and a judge revoked his earlier bond and ordered him held without bond.
  • Court records show Vazquez faced prior arrests including aggravated-assault and domestic-violence allegations and was out on bond in a separate aggravated-assault-with-a-deadly-weapon case at the time of the killing.
  • Hill’s family and his child’s school community are mourning his death and prosecutors say they will pursue the case as the investigation and pretrial process move forward.