Two teens arrested over Halloween mass shooting near University of Delaware
A 17-year-old and an 18-year-old have been charged over a Halloween night shooting in Newark, Delaware, that left seven people wounded near the University of Delaware campus.
Two suspects indicted after seven wounded in Newark Halloween shooting
A 17-year-old from North East, Maryland, and an 18-year-old from Wilmington, Delaware, have been arrested in connection with a Halloween night mass shooting near the University of Delaware, Newark police announced Monday, according to 6abc.com.
The shooting took place at approximately 11:11 p.m. on 31 October on East Main Street near Choate Street, just blocks from the university campus. Seven people were wounded, ranging in age from 15 to 21. A 20-year-old University of Delaware student sustained a collapsed lung.
Police said investigators reviewed footage from the Newark Public Safety Camera System, which captured the suspects' movements before and immediately after the shooting. Automated licence plate recognition technology was also used to identify a vehicle linked to the two individuals. Their names have not been released.
Both suspects were indicted by a New Castle County grand jury on seven counts of attempted first-degree murder, eight counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and one count each of first-degree conspiracy, first-degree reckless endangering, and carrying a concealed deadly weapon. The 17-year-old faces an additional charge of possession of a firearm by a person under the age of 21.
The 17-year-old was taken into custody on Friday in Cecil County with assistance from the Cecil County Sheriff's Office. He remains in a juvenile detention facility in Maryland while awaiting extradition to Delaware as an out-of-state fugitive. The 18-year-old was apprehended Monday morning by the U.S. Marshals Service in Wilmington and is in Newark police custody pending arraignment before a Justice of the Peace Court judge.
Police had previously disclosed that a 16-year-old shooting victim was also arrested after officers found him in possession of a loaded firearm.
The investigation remains ongoing as detectives work to establish what led to the shooting, the sequence of events, and whether additional individuals were involved. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Newark Police Department Criminal Investigations Unit Tip Line at 302-366-7127.
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