ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A man accused of shooting a 70-year-old woman three times at an Orlando bus stop will remain behind bars after a judge denied him bond.
According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Kevin Argenis Millares, 27, fled to New York shortly after the June 8 shooting in the 1000 block of Egan Drive near Hager Way in Orlando’s Azalea Park neighborhood.
Millares was booked into the Orange County Jail last week after being arrested in New York.
Following his arrest, Millares pleaded not guilty to attempted first-degree murder.
A bond hearing Tuesday revealed new details about the day of the attack and Millares’ alleged attempt to evade arrest.
The victim told investigators she had a bad feeling about a man she spotted while walking in her neighborhood. She changed course to avoid him — but eventually came face to face with him anyway by a bus stop.
“She walks by him, she says good morning, she said he mumbles something she cannot make out what it was and when she bypasses him that’s when she feels the shots in her back,” Detective Lisa DeLeon with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said.
DeLeon, the lead detective in the case, testified Tuesday during a pre-trial detention hearing that the woman was shot three times: in the leg, buttocks and back.
DeLeon said that two eyewitnesses described the shooter as a shirtless Hispanic man wearing black shorts and sandals. Investigators showed surveillance video of a man matching that description to people in the area.
DeLeon told the court that a real estate agent recognized the man as her client — Kevin Millares.
“The realtor was like, ‘Oh yeah, that’s Kevin, I’m selling his house for him,’” she said.
Millares was not home when investigators went to execute a search warrant, but investigators say they found shorts and shoes matching those worn by the gunman, along with a magazine and bullets of the same brand used in the shooting inside the residence.
DeLeon said that evidence gathered from Millares’ phone showed that within an hour of the attack, he ordered an Uber to the Florida Mall, where he later boarded a bus to New York City. Investigators say he was staying at local shelters there before his arrest.
“He had two cell phones, a laptop and a fake ID he was using for the shelters,” the detective testified.
After his arrest, Millares was interviewed by deputies.
“He says, ‘I understand you guys are confused, I have PTSD and I have a hard time remembering things,’” the detective said.
The state argued that there is enough evidence pointing to Millares and because of that, he is a danger to the community and there are no conditions of bail that would keep the community safe.
“Proof is evident, presumption is great, as he shot the victim over and over again as she lay on the ground,” a prosecutor said in court Tuesday.
A judge granted the pre-trial detention, denying him bond.
Investigators also revealed he was honorably discharged from the military in 2025. The victim has since been released from the hospital and is recovering.