By rssfeeds-admin According to New Castle County Police, officers responded to Clarion Court in the Kimberton neighborhood around 3 p.m. Sunday, March 16 for reports of multiple gunshots.
When officers arrived, they saw two homes had been struck by gunfire. During the preliminary investigation, police were informed that a gunshot wound victim arrived at Christiana Hospital by a private vehicle. The victim, identified as 19-year-old Jahliel Jackson, died at the hospital.
Detectives identified a 13-year-old male from Wilmington as a suspect. He faces the following charges:
- One Count of Murder in the First Degree
- One Count of Possession of Deadly Weapon by a Person Prohibited under 21
- One Count of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony
The teenager is being held at the New Castle County Detention Center after failing to pay $170,000 cash bail.
Detectives are asking anyone with additional information to contact Detective Bruhn at (302) 395-8120, via email at Thomas.Bruhn@newcastlede.gov, or by calling the New Castle County Division of Police non-emergency number at (302) 573-2800.
Tips can also be submitted by calling the Criminal Investigations Unit at (302) 395-8110, sending a Facebook message to New Castle County Police, calling Delaware Crime Stoppers at (800) TIP-3333, or online at www.delawarecrimestoppers.com
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