Shots fired near Delaware State University campus
A car driving near the main entrance to DSU’s campus in Dover was hit three times by gunfire coming from another car early Sunday morning.
The entrance to Delaware State University on N. DuPont Highway in Dover is seen in this Google Maps image. (photo via Google Maps)
A car driving near the main entrance to DSU’s campus in Dover was hit three times by gunfire coming from another car early Sunday morning.
Dover police say the shooting happened around 1:30 Sunday morning as two cars were driving southbound on N. DuPont Highway near DSU’s main entrance. They say shots were fired from one car into another, hitting the victim’s car three times on the driver’s side.
The shots caused the driver to swerve and crash into a pedestrian traffic signal at the intersection.
No one was injured and police say they don’t have any information on the shooter, except that the shots were fired from a black four door vehicle.
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