Inset: Kevin Millares (Orange County Sheriff’s Office). Background: The 1000 block of Egan Drive in Orlando, Florida (Google Maps).
A 70-year-old woman was taking her usual morning walk near a bus stop in central Florida when authorities say a man came up behind her and shot her three times.
Kevin Millares, 27, has been charged with attempted first-degree murder, according to court records reviewed by Law&Crime. He entered a not guilty plea during a court appearance Thursday.
According to an affidavit filed in Orange County, a witness who was outside his home near the 1000 block of Egan Drive in Orlando reported seeing a shirtless man wearing black shorts. The witness told investigators the man “seemed suspicious,” prompting him to go back inside his residence and retrieve his firearm.
“When he exited his residence, he observed the suspect walk up to the female at the bus stop and shoot her three times in her back,” the affidavit says. “The suspect then ran away.”
The witness told authorities he did not hear any exchange between the woman and the suspect before the gunfire. He called 911 after the shooting.
Orange County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the scene, and paramedics transported the woman to a hospital, where she later spoke with investigators.
“She advised she was on her daily walk around her neighborhood when she observed an individual, she was not familiar with walking towards her,” the affidavit states. “While near the bus stop, she turned around to walk away from the male and he continued walking towards her and shot her three times in the back.”
The woman said she did not know the man and was “unsure of the reasoning for the shooting.”
Investigators determined that Millares was their suspect, and when they went to a residence where they believed he was, said they found “an unspent Hornady .380 bullet inside of a magazine,” the same type of bullet allegedly found at the crime scene.
“In the master bedroom there were a black pair of shorts and a pair of black and white slides on the floor, which match the video of the suspect walking around before the shooting,” authorities added.
Local CBS affiliate WKMG reported that the woman was 70 years old.
Millares was then arrested. He is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday.
