Investigators said a VIP-area disturbance spilled outside Stir Crazy Showgirls, where shots hit the front doors before suspects were arrested after a crash.
PINECREST, Fla. — Surveillance video and arrest reports are at the center of a criminal case against two men accused of firing at a Pinecrest strip club, where police say a dispute that started inside the business ended with about five shots and a crash during a getaway.
What makes the case stand out is how much of the episode investigators say was captured on camera. Police used the video to describe who was outside the club, how the gun was moved from a vehicle to a suspect, and how the purple Lamborghini involved in the case left the scene before crashing roughly a mile away. The footage is now expected to shape the prosecution as the men move through court.
According to police, the trouble started when a group of four people spent time in a VIP area inside Stir Crazy Showgirls and clashed with management. Investigators said the group brought alcohol and continued drinking there. During the confrontation, one member of the group threw cash that first looked like singles but was later found to be $100 bills, according to the arrest report. Employees asked the group to leave, but police said they refused and the dispute became physical before Rodriguez and Hadam were escorted out. Once outside, the encounter did not end. Surveillance video described by investigators showed one man banging on the locked door while the group remained in front of the club, adding to the sense that the argument was still unfolding in real time rather than ending at the sidewalk.
Police said Ricardo Hadam retrieved a firearm from the purple Lamborghini SUV and made threats, and additional footage then showed Wandy Joel Rodriguez holding the same gun. As the SUV started to back out, Rodriguez fired about five rounds toward the building, investigators said. Two rounds struck the glass entrance doors and three hit an exterior wall. Authorities have not said that anyone inside was hit, but they said patrons were in the club at the time the shots were fired. Pinecrest Police Chief Jason Cohen said the dispute appeared to be over money and dissatisfaction with what the group believed it had received inside the establishment. Rodriguez later admitted his role in the altercation and identified himself as the shooter in the video, according to police, telling investigators, “I was drunk.” The public record does not yet answer whether prosecutors will seek more serious counts tied to occupied property.
The chase that followed turned a local disturbance into a wider police response. Officers moved in after hearing the gunshots, and police said the Lamborghini sped away before crashing into a pumping station near Southwest 124th Street and 94th Avenue. That crash site, about a mile from the club, gave investigators a second scene to process after the bullet strikes at the business. The distance between the club and the crash suggests how quickly the suspects were located after the shooting. Police have not released a full inventory of evidence recovered from the SUV, and they have not publicly identified who owned the vehicle. They also have not detailed whether investigators recovered the gun at the crash site or somewhere else during the arrests. Those unanswered questions are likely to matter as defense lawyers test the timeline laid out by police.
Rodriguez, who turned 35 this week, was charged with shooting or throwing a deadly missile, disorderly conduct and contributing to the delinquency of a child. He also faces an active extraditable warrant from New York tied to a 2015 rape charge, and NBC Miami reported he agreed to be extradited once the Florida case is finished. Hadam, 28, was charged with aggravated assault with a firearm, fleeing and eluding police at a high speed, battery and contributing to the delinquency of a child. Court records cited by local media showed Hadam received a $12,000 bond and was ordered to stay away from Stir Crazy. Reports on Rodriguez’s bond status differed in local coverage because of the local charges and the separate New York hold, but both outlets said he remained behind bars as of Thursday. The minor who was part of the group was released, and police said another adult from the group was not charged in the shooting.
By Friday, the story in Pinecrest was less about a nightlife dispute than about the chain of evidence left behind: video outside the entrance, bullet damage at the club, statements from the suspects and the damaged Lamborghini at the pumping station. The next phase will unfold in court, where prosecutors are expected to lean on surveillance footage and arrest reports while defense lawyers examine the gaps that remain. For now, the men face separate but connected cases rooted in the same few minutes outside Stir Crazy, where police say an argument that should have ended at the door instead ended in gunfire.
Author note: Last updated March 20, 2026.