Woman fatally shot in Wilmington's Riverside community

Josephine Peterson , Esteban Parra | The News Journal

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A 26-year-old woman was shot in the upper torso while driving Wednesday evening on North Claymont Street in Wilmington.

Police are calling it a homicide that occurred shortly after 4 p.m. Details of her death have not been released. This is the ninth homicide in Wilmington this year, according to police data.

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Several streets were closed in Wilmington's Riverside neighborhood as police conducted their investigation into the shooting.

Officers had three areas of the neighborhood roped off, including the 1300 block of E. 29th St., which had at least 16 bullet casing in the middle of the block. There were three additional casings at East 28th and North Claymont streets.

Police are also investigating a car that struck a home in the 2900 block of Claymont St. Officers guarded all the scenes, focusing their attention on the car that had a cinder block resting next to an open back door.

An ice cream truck pulled up near the scene, but no one approached.

As residents sat on a shaded stoops and detectives gathered around a patrol car, those coming home from work and school were asking neighbors what had happened. One local said a woman inside the vehicle was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

“She is a woman. It wasn’t meant for her,” said the resident, who did not want to be named.

North Claymont and 28th streets were closed as officers investigated the incident.

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Contact Esteban Parra at (302) 324-2299, eparra@delawareonline.com or Twitter @eparra3.