Six people were shot Saturday evening on East Main Street in Newark, according to Newark police.
“The shooting was reported around 11:13 p.m. in the area of East Main Street and Choate Street, on the south sidewalk of East Main Street, just across from Choate Street. “Six victims were shot during the incident. All six victims were transported to local hospitals for medical treatment,” Newark police said. No details on the victims’ conditions were provided.
Main Street was closed for approximately five hours due to the incident and investigation.
Anyone with information about the shooting or associated footage or photos is asked to contact Newark Police:
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Anyone with additional information regarding this incident is asked to contact Detective Paige Klein has 302-366-7100 ext. 3480 or by email to pklein@newark.de.us.
In a written statement to the University of Delaware community, school President Laura Carlson said she was grateful to Newark police, UD police and first responders from across the county and state for their quick response, which she said provided life-saving care on scene.
Carlson said the school will provide updates through the Campus Alerts page.
She also said resources would be made available to students and community members who may have witnessed the violence.
This is the 31st mass shooting in Delaware, and the first in Newark, since early 2013, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
They define a mass shooting as 4 or more people injured in a single event, not including the shooter.
20 of them were in Wilmington, 5 in Dover, 2 in the Prices Corner area and 1 each in Harrington, Bear, Milford and now Newark.
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