Cristian Rolando Contreras, 20, male, was found shot to death inside an apartment at the Atlantico at Aquabella complex on West 35th Way in Hialeah around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 29, 2025. He was discovered alongside his friend Kevin Ramirez, 18, in what police immediately treated as a double homicide inside the unit. The address was identified as 11181 W.
35th Way, and early reports described both victims as promising young barbers whose lives and careers had been gaining momentum in the community.
Hialeah Police later confirmed the cause of death: both Contreras and Ramirez had been shot. The department has not released details about the circumstances inside the apartment or a possible motive, and there were no immediate signs of forced entry reported in local coverage. As weeks passed, detectives continued canvassing for leads, and the families pleaded for answers while investigators urged anyone with information to come forward. By early fall, officials and relatives publicly acknowledged that there were still no arrests and no identified suspect, a reminder of how little was known about who pulled the trigger or why.
The loss reverberated through Hialeah’s tight-knit barbering community. Friends, clients, and neighbors gathered outside Billionaire Barber for a candlelight vigil, sharing stories of Contreras’s work ethic and the easy rapport he had with customers. Social posts and local reports portrayed the pair as “up-and-coming” talents who were preparing to travel to Colombia later that week, a trip that would never come. In the aftermath, relatives launched community efforts to cover funeral expenses and keep attention on the case, hoping that renewed visibility might surface the tip that breaks the investigation open.
Months after the shootings, the official posture remained unchanged: an active investigation with no arrests, and a continued call for information from the public. The absence of a suspect or motive left family members and friends with lingering questions, returning again and again to the apartment complex where the silence of that Tuesday afternoon gave way to police tape, grief, and a mystery that Hialeah authorities are still working to solve.
