Shortly after 2 a.m. on Sunday, April 5, 2026, deputies responding to a call reporting an injured person found 40-year-old Rayon Sanchez, a Black male, lying in the roadway in the 1600 block of North Dixie Highway in Pompano Beach. Sanchez had sustained a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Homicide and crime scene investigators closed the block to traffic for about four hours while they collected evidence. Broward Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest.

Anyone with information is asked to contact BSO Homicide Detective Allison Craven-Swan or submit an anonymous tip through Broward Crime Stoppers. Do you have any information about what happened that night?