Wilmington police respond to second shooting Thursday

Another person was shot Thursday in Wilmington – this time at West Second Street and North Madison Street, just blocks away from a peace rally to end gun violence.

The report of shots fired came in shortly after 7 p.m., and officers were on scene investigating.

At least one person was injured in the shooting and was transported to Wilmington Hospital.

Further details on the shooting were not immediately available.

Children helped themselves to free hot dogs and hamburgers on the corner of West Seventh and North Madison streets, while members of Cease Violence – an organization dedicated to mediating conflict situations and rehabilitating victims of street violence – called on residents to stop shooting each other.

From the street corner where Derrick Chambers stood with a bullhorn, the shiny balloons marking the memorial waved in the early evening breeze, a reminder of 25-year-old Latrice Blackshear, who was shot and killed in front of her home Monday.

Police arrested and charged Tyler Carter, 21, of New Castle, with first-degree murder during the commission of a felony, first-degree murder, robbery, assault and four counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, Sgt. Andrea Janvier said Wednesday.

"You gotta stand up for what's right," Chambers shouted into the bullhorn. "We gotta take back the community."

Earlier Thursday, a man was reported shot at the intersection of Pleasant Street and North Van Buren Street.

The 18-year-old man was shot in the right leg and described as stable after he was transported to St. Francis Hospital, Janvier said.

Police did not release suspect information and said the investigation is still ongoing.

Thursday night's shootings marked Wilmington's 69th and 70th this year.

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