EUSTIS, Florida-Eustis Police Department is continuing to investigate a shooting that left a man hospitalized Thursday afternoon.
EPD responded to Lee’s Food Market, 1333 East Orange Avenue and found a man shot above one of his eyes, EPD Chief Craig Capri told Inside Lake.
The man was taken to a local hospital and has not been able to talk to detectives yet, Capri said. No one has been arrested in the shooting, but police know who is involved, Capri said.
“We know who the players are,” he said.
Few details have been released about what led to the shooting, but a detective working the case said there was an altercation between a group of females and other parties got involved in the parking lot of the store; some of the incident was captured on surveillance video. The shooter fled in a vehicle that was later spotted in the area and pulled over.
The driver of the vehicle dropped off Dominic Alexander Brokenborough, 34, of Mount Dora, nearby and officers believed he fled on foot. He was apprehended by road patrol officers behind a nearby business and said he did not know officers were trying to pull the vehicle over. The driver, who also said he was unaware officers were attempting to stop him, was detained and released. Inside Lake is not naming him because he has not been charged with a crime at this time. Both the driver and Brokenborough, along with a third man, are persons of interest in the shooting. Brokenborough told police he was trying to break up the altercation, but detectives are still investigating. Detectives are obtaining a search warrant for the vehicle seized on the traffic stop and are continuing to piece together what led to the shooting.
“There is no threat of danger to the public,” Capri said.
Brokenborough is facing drug charges after officers found six baggies containing a substance that tested positive for fentanyl and cocaine, in addition to numerous pieces of drug paraphernalia in his backpack. According to his arrest affidavit, he was charged with possession and is being held at the Lake County Jail on $3,000 bond.
The investigation into the shooting remains active and Inside Lake will continue to monitor the case for any breaking updates. If you have information, call Crimeline at 1-800-423-TIPS.
