A man was critically wounded after being shot Wednesday morning in a Red Lion development.

New Castle County Police are concentrating their investigation at a two-story home in the 600 block of Parkman Court, where the victim was taken by helicopter. The home is in the Red Lion Chase Phase 2 development.

The man was shot in the midsection and was taken to an area hospital, where he was listed in critical condition, according to Master Cpl. Michel Eckerd, a county police spokesman.

Crime scene tape had a block near a cul-de-sac cordoned off outside the home on Wednesday morning.

The street, which boasts half-million-dollar homes and well-manicured lawns, was otherwise quiet. The only activity came from a garbage truck worker, who asked what was going on.

A white Mercedes with its door ajar sat outside the home Wednesday morning. It was not immediately clear who the Mercedes belonged to.

According to Zillow, the four-bedroom, three-and-a-half bathroom house was built in 2006. It’s 3,750 square feet.

Police issued an alert on Twitter asking people to seek alternate routes.

Kathleen H. Wilbur Elementary School, which is about a mile away, was placed on a short lockdown as a precaution, Colonial School District Spokeswoman Lauren Wilson said. The lockdown has been lifted.

Red Lion Chase Phase 2 is off McCoy Road.

Contact Esteban Parra at (302) 324-2299, eparra@delawareonline.com or Twitter @eparra3. Isabel Hughes at ihughes@delawareonline.com or 302-324-2785. For all things breaking news, follow her on Twitter at @izzihughes_.

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