18-year-old Camay Mitchell DeSilva killed after shooting at Delaware State University campus

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The individual fatally shot on the Delaware State University campus has been identified as 18-year-old Camay Mitchell DeSilva from Wilmington. Authorities have confirmed that she was not enrolled as a student at the university but was discovered with gunshot wounds near a student dormitory.

18-year-old Camay Mitchell DeSilva killed after shooting at Delaware State University campus

Police say the woman was not a student on campus, but was found shot near a student dorm.

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... A preliminary investigation ... indicated that DeSilva and "possibly another non-student female" were visiting a student on campus ....

... Following the incident, the suspect(s) ran toward College Road, according to DSU. Police have not provided a description. ...

Police ID young woman killed in Delaware State University shooting Sunday

Police on Monday identified the young woman, who had been visiting a student at the time of the shooting.

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"The FBI said it is assisting in the investigation."

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The victim was not a student.

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... "she {Camay Mitchell DeSilva} has no involvement in any altercation if there was any. She was just an innocent bystander," Master Corporal Ryan Schmid, with the City of Dover Police Department, said.

... "It really could've been any one of us on campus," Shaniya Durant, a sophomore at DSU, said.

... The gunman is still at large and was last seen heading toward College Road, DSU officials said.

... "something happened in the area of that residence hall which led to shots being fired," Schmid said

"... it seems like unfortunately she was just caught ... in the crossfire."

Delaware State University shooting victim identified, classes canceled Monday

Dover Police said 18-year-old Camay Mitchell DeSilva, who was not a registered student at Delaware State University, died at a hospital after she was found shot near a campus residence hall.

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DeSilva was planning to transfer to DSU

Young woman shot, killed shot at Delaware State was planning transfer to university

Heartbreak in Wilmington after a young woman was killed on a college campus. 18-year-old Camay DeSilva was shot while visiting friends at Delaware State University. She was remembered by family and friends as a loving daughter.

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Camay’s parents say she began college at Morgan State University and was planning to transfer to Del State where she applied just two weeks ago.

"Her best friend is a student there and she was just there visiting for the weekend. Like I said, she wanted to go there, so getting a feel for the campus," said Camay’s mom, who also says her daughter enjoyed doing hair and had her own business. She was also pursing a career in computers.

"She wanted to go into the tech field and majored in computer science to work in cybersecurity. She did coding," said her mom.