2 women, suspect dead in Wilmington murder-suicide as violent night leaves 5 dead
2 women, suspect dead in Wilmington murder-suicide as violent night leaves 5 dead
Police say two women were killed before the suspect turned the gun on himself inside a Wilmington home Monday night. The shooting came just an hour after a double shooting nearby left another man dead.
WILMINGTON, Del. - Five people have died after a violent night in Wilmington, Delaware Monday.
Around 8:23 p.m., police responded to a shooting on the 1100 block of West 2nd Street.
Responding officers located a 30-year-old woman and a 19-year-old woman who had been fatally shot. A 12-year-old girl who was also believed to have been shot at that location arrived at the hospital a short time later and was placed in stable condition.
Police say the suspect in the shooting, a 32-year-old male, was found dead at the scene from what is believed to have been a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The shooting was one of three in Wilmington Monday night that resulted in death or serious injury.
2 women killed, suspect dead in Wilmington murder-suicide; 12-year-old girl also hurt
Two women were killed and a 12-year-old girl was hurt before a suspected gunman took his own life inside a Wilmington, Delaware home Monday night.
About an hour before the shooting on West 2nd Street, officers responded to a shooting on North Monroe Street.
Police say a 32-year-old man died at the hospital after he had been shot. He has been identified as Kevin Thompson. A 33-year-old man was also shot and taken to the hospital in stable condition.
In a third shooting, around 10:40 p.m. on North Jessup Street, a 28-year-old man was shot. He was taken to the hospital where he died.
Police have not said if any arrests have been made in any of the shootings.
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