Man accused in Hialeah shooting caught at Miami airport on plane bound for Cuba
A man accused of shooting another man outside a Hialeah cafeteria Sunday morning was arrested at Miami International Airport aboard a plane headed for Cuba, police said.
The shooting happened around 10:20 a.m. outside La Lunita cafeteria at 2200 W. Eighth Ct. when Dainel Angel Odio-Surarez, 36, got into an argument with another man, according to police.
A security guard at the business told Hialeah police officers that Odio-Surarez chased the other man around Odi-Surarez’s black Mercedes-Benz SUV, firing at him with a handgun, according to an arrest report. The man, who was not named in the report, was shot in the left thigh, and the bullet broke his femur, police said.
He was also hit in his left calf and the front of his right leg, according to the report. Paramedics took him to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Police said in the report that his wounds were not life-threatening.
After shooting the man, Odio-Surarez, who lives in Cutler Bay, drove away in the Mercedes, according to the report.
Detectives located the car at the Dolphin Garage at MIA and found out Odio-Surarez boarded an American Airlines flight to Havana. The plane was taxiing to the runway, but had not taken off yet. The pilot returned to the gate, and detectives arrested Odio-Suarez, according to the report.
Detectives interviewed Odio-Surarez at the Hialeah police station, where they said he confessed to shooting the other man, according to the report.
As of Monday afternoon, Odio-Suarez was being held at Turner Guilford Correctional Center on a charge of attempted first-degree murder. Information about his legal representation was not immediately available.
This story was originally published January 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM.
