Brooksville man pleads guilty in South Brooksville shooting case

Deputies were called to Shayne Street after gunfire near the Super Saver Food Store in South Brooksville and found a case that would keep the neighborhood on alert for more than a year. A female victim told investigators that Dominic Delaine was already arguing with a store clerk when the confrontation turned violent near the East Jefferson Street corridor.

According to the sheriff’s office account, the woman said Delaine brandished a gun and shouted, “I’ll air the place out,” before chasing her after she got into her vehicle. She told deputies he fired several shots in her direction, shattering the rear driver-side window of her car. Investigators said the shooting was captured on surveillance cameras, giving deputies a visual record of the confrontation that unfolded around 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 17, 2025.

Delaine, who was 19 by the time of the plea, was arrested on Feb. 24, 2025, at a home on Ward Avenue in Brooksville with help from the U.S. Marshals Task Force. He originally faced attempted murder, shooting into an occupied vehicle, discharging a firearm in public, delinquent possession of a firearm and felony criminal mischief. His guilty plea on May 22, 2026, resolved the case by admitting attempted second-degree murder, shooting into an occupied vehicle and possession of a firearm by a delinquent.

The court sentenced Delaine to six years with the Florida Department of Corrections as a youthful offender and credited him with one year and two months of time served. The sentence means the shooting case no longer hangs over South Brooksville as an open prosecution, but it also leaves a record of how quickly a dispute at a neighborhood store escalated into gunfire, a shattered car window and a prison term.

The Super Saver property later drew even broader law-enforcement attention. In 2025, officials said the East Jefferson Street location was part of Operation Kings Fall, a yearlong vice-and-narcotics probe that ended with 22 arrests and 67 total charges tied to drug trafficking, illegal gambling, weapons possession and violence. For residents and business owners along that corridor, the shooting and the later investigation underscored how a single store became a recurring focus of policing in Brooksville.