For the second day in a row, a man has been fatally shot in Wilmington — this time in the city’s East Side neighborhood.
The latest fatal shooting occurred at about 5:40 p.m. Wednesday, around 26 hours after another shooting left 30-year-old Lamar Washington dead.
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On Wednesday, city officers were dispatched to the 900 block of N. Spruce St. where they found a 19-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound. The teen, who has not been identified, was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Wednesday’s incident brings the number of people shot in Wilmington this year to 87 with 14 of them being fatalities.
These numbers are down from 2021, which saw the most homicides by gunfire — 39 — in a single year. At this time last year, 116 people had been shot in Wilmington — 25 of them fatally.
More:Tracking gun violence in Delaware
Anyone with information about Wednesday’s killing should contact Detective Kevin Nolan at (302) 576-3962.
Contact Esteban Parra at (302) 324-2299, eparra@delawareonline.com or Twitter @eparra3.
