A 27-year-old man was killed and two women were wounded when gunfire broke out on a residential stretch of Wilmington's Jessup Street Tuesday night, leaving investigators with no announced arrests or motive, and a neighborhood searching for answers. Police say the shooting unfolded around 10 p.m. in the 2300 block of the street, a quiet corridor that now finds itself at the center of yet another violent night in the city.
According to NBC10 Philadelphia, the man who died has not been publicly identified, and his name had not been released as of the station's report. A 31-year-old woman was also taken to the hospital and listed in stable condition, while a 21-year-old showed up separately at the hospital with a gunshot wound and was likewise reported stable.
Police have not announced any arrests, and no motive for the shooting had been disclosed, the station's report notes. Investigators are asking anyone with information to come forward, though the case remained wide open on the day of the shooting.
Tips Sought as Case Remains Unsolved
Anyone with information is urged to contact Detective Brendan Shea at (302) 576-3649, or to reach out to Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-Tip-3333 or through Delawarecrimestoppers.com, per the same account. So far, police have announced no arrests or motive.
Part of a String of Recent Delaware Shootings
The Jessup Street shooting adds to a run of gun violence across the state in recent months. Just days earlier, a shooting at an outdoor party in Ellendale left a 17-year-old girl dead and eight others injured, according to First State Update. The same outlet reported that a seventh person was injured in a Halloween-night shooting on East Main Street in Newark, bringing that case's total number of victims to seven.
Wilmington itself has seen repeated incidents this year. A Saturday-night shooting left three people hospitalized after officers found a 31-year-old man, a 19-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman near D and Townsend Streets, WDEL reported, noting all three were listed in stable condition. In August, a 43-year-old man was injured in a separate shooting near 23rd and Jessup streets, just blocks from Tuesday's scene, according to First State Update.
City Touted Falling Crime Numbers Before Latest Shooting
The violence comes after Wilmington officials pointed to improving citywide trends, citing double-digit reductions in murders and the lowest number of shooting incidents in 22 years.
For now, the investigation into Tuesday night's shooting continues, with police still working to determine what led to the gunfire that killed one man and wounded two women on Jessup Street.
