A third person has been charged in connection with a Middletown double shooting that occurred as traffic poured out of nearby Appoquinimink High School following a football game last fall.
The Sept. 23 shooting, in the area of Bunker Hill Road east of Choptank Road, left an adult and juvenile wounded. One of the victims was loaded into a Delaware State Police helicopter and emergency vehicles lined the streets well into the night as police investigated the shooting.
Both were treated at an area hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
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Twenty days after the shooting, Middletown and state police arrested two men — ages 19 and 20 — at their homes and charged them with the shooting.
On Wednesday, Middletown Police Lt. Matthew Fox said a 19-year-old man was also arrested at his Middletown home in connection with the shooting. He is believed to be the third and final person involved in the shooting incident.
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Like the others, the 19-year-old was charged with two counts each of first-degree assault and reckless endangering and a single count of second-degree conspiracy and two weapons offenses.
Because police found a weapon and marijuana on the man during the Wednesday arrest, Fox said the man was also charged with an additional weapons offense and drug crimes.
The 19-year-old was being held at Howard R. Young Correctional Institution after failing to post more than $170,000 in bail.
Police ask that anyone with additional information regarding the Sept. 23 shooting contact Detective Adam Starrett at (302) 376-9950 or via email at astarrett@middletown.delaware.gov.
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