Police say surveillance footage, shell casings and a gun found in an SUV helped build the case against a 37-year-old suspect.
HIALEAH, Fla. — A Miami-Dade judge denied bond Thursday for a man accused of gunning down another man on a Hialeah sidewalk, after police released surveillance video and described evidence they say linked the suspect to the killing.
The hearing came less than a day after the shooting outside a condominium complex near West 56 Street, where neighbors said they heard a rapid burst of gunfire before sunrise. Police have charged Dairon Rosas Delgado, 37, with second-degree murder. The victim has not been officially named by police, but relatives identified him as Dick Estrada, a father of two who they said was walking to work. The fast arrest gave investigators an early procedural win, but it has not answered the central question still hanging over the case: why Estrada was shot.
Authorities said the shooting happened shortly before 6:20 a.m. Wednesday in a residential stretch of Hialeah east of the Palmetto Expressway. The surveillance video released later shows a school bus moving through the area before sunrise and a man walking quickly out of the Palm West Gardens condominium complex at 1990 W. 56th St. Police said the victim continued eastbound on the south sidewalk along West 56 Street while Delgado followed behind, armed with a handgun. Investigators said the video captures Delgado pointing the weapon and firing several times. After the gunfire, police said, Delgado walked back into the complex and then drove away. When officers arrived, they found the victim with multiple gunshot wounds. Fire rescue personnel later pronounced him dead at the scene.
The evidence described in the arrest report became the backbone of the case presented publicly Thursday. According to police, patrol officers found a puddle of blood and 11 spent casings near the victim. Detectives later stopped Delgado at West Fourth Avenue and West 18th Street at 12:55 p.m. Wednesday, only hours after the killing. They said a search of his black SUV turned up a firearm inside a black fanny pack that had also been seen in surveillance footage. The report says the bag contained Delgado’s passport and other identification cards, and investigators said the caliber of the gun matched the caliber of the casings recovered at the scene. Those details, while still subject to courtroom testing later, give prosecutors a straightforward physical-evidence outline at the opening stage of the case.
Police also described witness information that helped move the investigation quickly. Detectives said they spoke with a person who had access to surveillance footage and knew the tenants in the complex, which they said helped identify Delgado. Investigators then tracked down a woman who had been in the black SUV with him after the shooting. According to the arrest report, that woman was Delgado’s mother. Police said she told detectives she saw him fire the gun. Investigators also said Delgado drove her to work after the shooting. That allegation is one of the most striking details in the case because it gives detectives an account of what happened immediately after the shots were fired. Still, many surrounding facts remain unknown, including whether Estrada and Delgado knew each other or crossed paths before that morning.
Outside the case file, the shooting left visible fear in the neighborhood. Residents said the attack shattered the calm of a normal weekday morning in front of homes and parked cars. One neighbor said a woman screamed, “No, no, no,” after the shots rang out. Another resident, Lisandra Hernandez, said people were overwhelmed and very worried. A woman who said she had lived nearby since 2001 told reporters she had never heard of a killing like this in the area. The location added to the unease. The sidewalk sits at the entrance to a residential complex where people leave early for work, and where a school bus was already moving along the street while the sun was still coming up. By about 9:30 a.m., a yellow tarp covered the body as police and SWAT units remained in the area.
For Estrada’s relatives, the official steps unfolding in court came alongside immediate personal loss. Family members told reporters he was on his way to work when he was killed. Adelkis, a woman who said Estrada was her cousin’s husband, described him as someone who came to this country to work and support his family. She said Estrada’s wife grew alarmed when his car was still outside and he was not answering his phone. Those comments did not address motive, but they sharpened the human weight of the case by placing Estrada inside an ordinary morning routine cut short by violence. Police spokesman Eddie Rodriguez said the victim was a man in his 50s and described the killing as a “random act of violence,” though detectives have continued to say the motive remains under investigation.
Thursday’s court appearance marked the first formal checkpoint in what could become a longer homicide prosecution. Delgado appeared before Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer, who denied bond. Court records show he was booked Wednesday night at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center after his arrest that afternoon. Prosecutors have so far filed a single count of second-degree murder, and no additional charges were publicly announced Thursday. The next phase is expected to center on continued forensic testing, witness interviews and routine pretrial proceedings. Detectives have also indicated they still want more information, suggesting their work did not end with the arrest. Any fuller explanation of motive, relationship or mental state may not emerge until later filings or future hearings.
The story now sits at two levels at once: one inside the court system and one inside the neighborhood where it happened. In court, the case has a named defendant, a murder charge and an order keeping him in jail without bond. On the street where Estrada was killed, residents are left with the memory of a dawn burst of gunfire and a sidewalk turned into a crime scene. The surveillance video may have helped police move quickly, but for the family and neighbors it also fixed the violence in detail, frame by frame, in a place that had looked ordinary only moments before.
As of Thursday afternoon, Delgado remained jailed on the second-degree murder charge and investigators had not publicly given a motive. The next milestone will be further Miami-Dade court proceedings as police complete the case file and prosecutors decide how they want to present the evidence.
Author note: Last updated March 12, 2026.