A 30-year-old man remains in critical condition after being shot April 20 in the Centennial Village townhouse complex on Concord Bridge Place in Newark. Police say the victim walked into Christiana Hospital at about 2:50 p.m. with an upper-body gunshot wound, where staff alerted law enforcement. Officers say the shooter had already taken off, sparking an investigation that stretched for days before an arrest.
Officers were dispatched to Christiana Hospital after staff reported the walk-in shooting victim, according to a New Castle County Division of Police news release. Investigators say the shooting may have happened in the 500 block of Concord Bridge Place in Centennial Village, and detectives from the Criminal Investigations Unit took over the case. 6abc reported the victim arrived at the hospital with a neck wound and was listed in critical condition.
Suspect arrested and charged
New Castle County police later identified 28-year-old Quran Tabron as the suspect. According to a post on the department's Facebook page, officers say he fled the scene but was later located and transported to police headquarters. The Facebook post states that on April 28 Tabron was charged with attempted murder in the first degree and one felony count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and that detectives arraigned him in Justice of the Peace Court 2.
Investigators seek tips from the public
Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Gino Cevallos at (302) 395-8129 or [email protected], or call the department's nonemergency line at (302) 573-2800, according to the New Castle County Division of Police. Tipsters can remain anonymous by reaching out to Delaware Crime Stoppers at (800) TIP-3333 or submitting information through the group's website.
Charges and courtroom next steps
The Facebook post says Tabron was committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution after failing to post $1,060,000 cash bail, and that the case remains under investigation. As is standard in criminal cases, the charges are allegations and the suspect is presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
New Castle County detectives say the investigation remains active and that they continue to follow leads. Anyone who knows something about what happened on Concord Bridge Place is urged to share it with police.
