- April 19, 2024
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After a 110 mph car chase through Flagler County, Palm Coast resident Dominic Neeley was handcuffed and brought to jail Feb. 5 on multiple charges, including first-degree murder of his ex-girlfriend’s father, who lives in Daytona Beach.
The incident began when Neeley was having an argument with his Chakera Fields, who is his ex-girlfriend and mother of their infant girl, at Chakera's parents’ apartment on Carolina Lake Drive, in Daytona Beach. Neeley’s mother arrived and got into a physical altercation with Fields’ mother, Chaka Fields. Neeley threatened to put someone in a "body bag" and went to his car and returned with a Glock handgun. According to multiple witnesses, Neeley shot Chakera Fields’ father, 44-year-old Anthony Fields and then stood over him and shot him multiple more times in the head area.
Chakera Fields posted on Facebook shortly after the incident, saying, “Praying my daddy is okay!” But when the paramedics arrived, they pronounced Anthony Fields dead on the scene.
Neeley also shot Chakera Fields’ mother, Chaka Fields, which sent her to the hospital for surgery.
Neeley fled the area before authorities arrived. He was known to law enforcement at that time only by his description: a shirtless black male with dread locks and khaki shorts, seen leaving the location driving a black Dodge Charger. The car was spotted again at 6:32 p.m., when Volusia and Flagler deputies began the chase, reaching 110 mph. One Facebook user in Palm Coast reported that the chase crossed right in front of him, with the Charger crossing three lanes of traffic, narrowly avoiding a collision.
The chase ended at Peppercorn Lane in Palm Coast, where a man matching the description exited the car.
After being caught, Neeley, 21, of 23 Pierce Lane, complained of chest pains from his asthma and was brought to Florida Hospital Flagler, accompanied by a deputy in the ambulance. At the hospital, the reporting deputy said Neeley agreed to be interviewed and admitted that he knew he was being pursued by law enforcement, but he didn’t want to stop because “he did not want to get shot by cops.” He had been arrested one other time in Flagler County: in 2015, for eluding law enforcement and driving with a suspended license.
Neeley had been active on Facebook. Under education, he lists Mainland High School.
His profile picture shows him wearing red shorts, sitting on the hood of a white car. On Jan. 27 he posted a Facebook Live video of himself admiring his gold teeth at a restaurant with a young woman who appears to be Chakera Fields.
A week earlier, he tagged Chakera Fields in a video in which he is holding their baby girl while the infants gets her ears pierced. Neeley wrote in the post, “Daddy’s girl,” with heart symbols.
Neeley is being held without bond at the Flagler County Inmate Facility.
