25-year-old shot to death Wednesday morning in Wilmington

Adam Duvernay , Josephine Peterson | Delaware News Journal

Show Caption Hide Caption Police find shooting victim on N. Market St. Police were alerted to a shooting victim early this morning in the 2300 block of N. Market St. Police say the person died from their injuries. 10/17/18

Wilmington Police have named the 25-year-old homicide victim in an early Wednesday shooting.

Blayton Palmer from New Castle was shot in the 2300 block of North Market Street and later died from the gunshot injuries, city police said.

Someone flagged down Wilmington officers around 4 a.m. and told them a person had been shot, according to a police spokeswoman.

Officers found Palmer with a gunshot wound.

Shootings in Wilmington this year are down significantly from last. It's been two weeks since gunfire killed someone in Wilmington.

Sixty-one people have been struck by gunfire in the city this year, 15 of them fatally, according to News Journal records.

By this time last year, the deadliest for gun violence in the city's history, 174 people had been shot with 28 of them dying. In total last year, 197 people were shot, 32 fatally.

Reporting a crime to Delaware Crime Stoppers Delaware Crime Stoppers provides a three-part approach to solving a crime. 9/27/18

Contact Adam Duvernay at (302) 319-1855 or aduvernay@delawareonline.com

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