2 shot, 1 fatally, in first 2024 homicide for county
Two people were shot, one fatally, early Thursday morning near Edgemoor, police said.
New Castle County police were called to the first block of Rodney Drive just before 12:30 a.m. after receiving reports of gunshots in the community.
There, they found a 24-year-old man inside a car. Police said he had been shot “multiple” times.
Despite officers performing first aid, he later died.
About 20 minutes later, an 18-yearold man showed up at Wilmington Hospital, also with “multiple” gunshot wounds. Police said he’s listed as stable.
About 9:15 a.m. Thursday, detectives could be seen knocking on doors in the community. Several police vehicles and officers were also investigating around Clayton Court, which is a block away from Rodney Drive.
So far this year, New Castle County police have reported 10 people shot, with Thursday’s marking the first homicide, according to Delaware Online/The News Journal’s shooting database.
At this same time last year, six people had been shot in county jurisdiction, two of them fatally. Four of those shot were injured in police-involved shootings.
One of those shot included Andrew Edelmann, whom police were investigating for apparent drug sales. The officer who shot Edelmann was recently cleared following a Delaware Department of Justice investigation.
The DOJ found that when Edelmann “nearly ran over” the corporal, “any subjective perceptions of harm became objective facts.”
Police said the investigation into Thursday’s double shooting continues and detectives will release more information as it becomes available. The victim will be publicly identified once family is notified.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Thomas Bruhn at (302) 395-8120 or via email at Thomas .Bruhn@newcastlede.gov.
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