Inset: Kevin Millares (Orange County Sheriff’s Office). Background: A section of the 1000 block of Egan Drive in Orlando, Fla. (Google Maps).
Tragedy struck in a quiet Orlando neighborhood when a 70-year-old woman was attacked during her routine morning walk near a local bus stop. Authorities reported that a man approached her stealthily from behind and shot her three times.
Kevin Millares, aged 27, is facing charges of attempted first-degree murder, as detailed in court records obtained by Law & Crime. During his court appearance on Thursday, Millares entered a plea of not guilty against the charges.
The incident unfolded in the vicinity of the 1000 block of Egan Drive. A local resident, who had been outside his home, witnessed a shirtless man clad in black shorts. Finding the individual’s behavior suspicious, the resident retrieved his firearm from inside his house, as noted in an affidavit filed in Orange County.
Upon stepping back outside, the witness saw the suspect approach the elderly woman at the bus stop and fire three shots into her back before fleeing the scene, as documented in the court filings.
The witness did not hear the woman or the suspect say anything before the shooting. Afterward, he called 911.
Deputies with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene, and paramedics helped transport her to a hospital. It was there that she spoke with officers.
“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.