Authorities say a months-old parking lot ambush outside Savages Bar & Grill has finally led to an arrest. On Tuesday, Brooksville resident Neil Roundtree Jr. was taken into custody after investigators tied him to an October 2025 shooting in the bar’s lot that left a man hit in both legs. Deputies say the confrontation turned into an armed carjacking, with the suspect speeding off in the victim’s white 2021 Dodge Ram 2500.
In a post on the Hernando County Sheriff's Office Facebook page, deputies said arrest warrants issued May 6 charged Roundtree with attempted second-degree murder, armed carjacking and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, along with multiple drug counts. According to that post, U.S. Marshals and Citrus County deputies located Roundtree on May 19 at a residence in Citrus County and took him into custody.
The sheriff’s office said detectives pulled surveillance video and other evidence from the scene and nearby businesses. A firearm that investigators say matched a casing found at the shooting scene turned up in an unrelated investigation in November 2025. Digital forensics placed Roundtree in the area at the time of the attack, according to the post, and officials say he denied any role in the shooting while invoking counsel during an unrelated probation interview.
The original shooting happened on Oct. 25, 2025, in the parking lot of Savages Bar & Grill at 1691 E. Jefferson Street, and the victim showed up at Tampa General Hospital-Brooksville with gunshot wounds to both legs, according to reporting by FOX 13 Tampa Bay. That coverage also noted that the victim’s white 2021 Dodge Ram pickup was taken after the attack and later found, and that authorities had not released the victim’s name at the time.
The arrest caps off months of investigative work by Hernando County detectives and federal partners, set against a backdrop of other recent violent crime incidents in the county that have required coordinated responses. For local context on those kinds of responses, see earlier coverage such as deputies return fire.
Legal process
Roundtree faces multiple felony counts, including attempted second-degree murder, carjacking with a firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according to the Hernando County Sheriff's Office post. He is being held without bond at the Citrus County Detention Facility, according to InmateAid, pending extradition to Hernando County while prosecutors review the case.
Hernando investigators are asking anyone with information to contact the sheriff’s office tip line or Hernando County Crime Stoppers. Earlier reporting listed the HCSO tip number as 352-754-6830 and Crime Stoppers at 1-866-990-8477, per FOX 13 Tampa Bay. Court filings and formal charging documents are expected to spell out the final counts and next court dates once extradition and prosecution steps move forward.
