Police said two men were arrested after shots were fired at Stir Crazy and a fleeing Lamborghini crashed nearby.
PINECREST, FL — Surveillance video obtained by local media shows the moments a gunman fired several shots outside the Stir Crazy strip club early Wednesday after a dispute that police said began over money spent inside the business, sending officers into a brief chase that ended with a crash nearby.
Pinecrest police say the shooting could have been far worse. The club was open, patrons were inside and bullets struck parts of the building, including the front door, walls and windows, according to authorities and local reports. Officers said two men were later arrested after the vehicle they were riding in fled north on U.S. 1 and crashed into a Miami-Dade water and sewer pumping station near Southwest 124th Street and 94th Avenue. No injuries were reported, but the investigation remained active Wednesday night.
Authorities said the trouble started outside Stir Crazy, at 12425 S. Dixie Highway, in the early morning hours of March 18. According to police, a nearby officer heard about five gunshots and rushed toward the club as the shooting unfolded. Video described by local outlets showed a purple Lamborghini SUV parked outside the entrance with a group gathered near the front. One person appeared to bang on the club’s door. Police said the confrontation began after men who had been inside were ejected by management. Pinecrest Police Chief Jason Cohen said the dispute centered on money the group believed it had spent without getting the service it expected. Video then showed one man reaching into the vehicle, grabbing what appeared to be a gun, moving to the back seat and firing as the SUV backed away from the entrance, police said.
Police said several rounds hit the front of the club while customers were still inside. Local 10 reported that some bullets struck walls and windows. NBC6 reported the gunfire hit the club’s front door and left visible bullet holes. Officers arriving at the scene then saw the Lamborghini head north on U.S. 1, according to police. What followed was a short pursuit that ended when the SUV crashed into a pumping station after a sharp turn. Investigators later said they recovered a gun along U.S. 1 during the case. Four people who were in the vehicle were taken into custody after the crash, police said. Two of them, including a minor, were later released. The exact role of each passenger has not been fully laid out in public, and police had not publicly described Wednesday whether more charges could follow.
By Wednesday evening, police had announced felony charges against two men. Authorities identified Ricardo Hadam, 28, as the driver. Police said he faces aggravated assault, attempting to elude police and contributing to the delinquency of a child. Police also said the alleged shooter, identified by the last name Rodriguez in local coverage, faces charges of shooting or throwing a deadly missile, disorderly conduct and contributing to the delinquency of a child. Local reports differed on Rodriguez’s first name, and full court details were not immediately available in all accounts Wednesday, a sign that the booking process and case paperwork were still being sorted out as the story moved quickly. Local 10 reported bond for Rodriguez had not yet been set, while details on Hadam’s bond were not fully released there. NBC6 reported both felony cases remained part of an active investigation.
The video has become central to the case because it appears to capture the sequence from argument to gunfire in a matter of seconds. That footage matters in part because investigators will likely use it to show where the suspects stood, when the weapon was pulled and how close the shots came to club staff and patrons. Chief Cohen said officers were fortunate the encounter did not turn into an exchange of gunfire with police. “Very lucky for our officer that if he would have rolled up about 10 seconds earlier, that might have been a shootout between the officer and these guys,” Cohen said in comments aired by Local 10. His account underscored how little separated the event from a more deadly outcome. Police have not said how many people were inside the club at the moment the shots were fired, but authorities stressed that customers were present and vulnerable.
The case also drew attention because of where it happened. Stir Crazy sits along a busy stretch of South Dixie Highway in Pinecrest, an area where late-night businesses and through traffic place people close together even in the early morning hours. A shooting into an occupied business raises the stakes for investigators because the bullets can hit far more than the intended target. Police have not publicly said whether the gunfire was aimed at a specific person or meant to intimidate staff after the men were thrown out. They also have not publicly explained who owned the Lamborghini, whether the weapon recovered on U.S. 1 is the same one seen in the video, or whether prosecutors will add counts tied to damage to the pumping station after the crash. Those questions remained open Wednesday night.
Even with those unknowns, the broad outline of the case was clear by the end of the day: a dispute at a strip club spilled outside, shots were fired toward the building, officers moved in quickly and the suspects were stopped after their vehicle crashed. The response drew coverage across South Florida television stations, which focused both on the surveillance video and on how close the episode came to hurting bystanders. WSVN reported the SUV was a Lamborghini and said the bullets left several holes in the front of the club. NBC6 said officers first learned of the gunfire when an officer nearby heard the shots. Local 10 emphasized the timing, reporting that police arrived while rounds were still being fired. Together, those details created a minute-by-minute picture of a fast-moving case built around video, witness accounts and physical evidence found on the roadway and at the club itself.
As of Wednesday night, two men faced felony accusations, two other people from the SUV had been released and no victims had been reported physically hurt. The next milestone is likely the filing of fuller court records and any added police or prosecutor updates that spell out the evidence, formal charges and first appearances in the case.
Author note: Last updated March 19, 2026.