Police: 4 indicted on more than 70 charges connected to stolen cars, shootings in Delaware
WILMINGTON, Del. - Four people have been indicted on dozens of charges in Delaware after an investigation into a series of incidents including stolen cars and shootings.
According to the Wilmington Police Department, Kyair Keys, Walike Parham, Markel Richards and Jahmir Morris-Whit collectively face 75 charges for crimes between January 14 and January 22.
Of those charges, 63 are felonies, according to police.
Police say on January 14 around 3:37 p.m., shots were fired on the 300 block of West 23rd Street, where a daycare with a teacher and three children was struck by gunfire.
Authorities say on January 20 around 8:46 p.m., officers heard gunfire on the 1000 block of Lombard Street. When officers arrived, they saw four armed suspects get into a car, according to police.
Officials say police began to chase the four suspects and Morris-Whit, 21, was taken into custody while the remaining suspects fled the scene.
Two days later on January 22, officers responded to reports of gunshots at a BP gas station on the 200 block of South Heald Street, authorities say. According to police, a person was shot at multiple times by several suspects, but they were uninjured and managed to escape.
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Authorities say the vehicles used by the suspects in the incident were stolen.
On the same day, officers responded to the 300 block of West 7th Street for a report of shots fired, according to police.
Investigators say they learned several suspects in a car stolen from Philadelphia began shooting at a group of bystanders, but no one was hurt.
Police engaged the suspects in a chase hours later after seeing the white Dodge Charger they were reportedly in, officials say.
After the chase ended on I-95, Keys, 18, Richards, 20, and Parham, 23, were taken into custody.
Each suspect faces a slew of charges, including attempted first-degree murder, attempted first-degree assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, conspiracy and related charges.