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

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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."

College Campus On Edge After Weekend Shooting Kills 18-Year-Old Woman | NewsRadio 630 WLAP

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.

 

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'You took my baby girl from me,': Mom reacts as 2 charged in slaying of teen at Delaware State Univ.

Two men have been charged in the shooting death of an 18-year-old girl who was visiting Delaware State University on April 21.

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On Monday, officials announced the apprehensions of Destry Jones, 20, and Damien Hinson,18, both of Dover, for their suspected roles in the shooting death of Camay Mitchell De Silva, 18, of Wilmington.

Dover Police Department Chief Thomas Johnson Jr. told reporters that both men have been charged with murder and gun offenses as well as attempted murder charges connected to two other men from Dover.

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In detailing what led to the deadly shooting, Johnson noted that neither Jones nor Hinson were enrolled as students at Delaware State University and they have no affiliation to the school.

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Follow up investigation, Johnson said, revealed that Jones and Hinson were, allegedly, part of the group involved in an altercation at the Tubman-Laws building with two other men, aged 20 and 21.

After a physical altercation, Johnson claimed Jones and Hinson fled from the fight and "took part in firing the shots that claimed the life of Miss De Silva."

 

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I am so happy to hear about the arrests.
Excellent work by the investigators, who must have had a lot of data to study.