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Wilmington Police have arrested and charged a man in connection with a May 2017 homicide incident.
 
On May 5, 2017 at approximately 7:56 p.m., a police officer on proactive patrol heard gunshots and located a shooting victim at 2nd and Van Buren Streets. The gunshot victim, who was later identified as 23-year-old Joquon Coverdale, was transported to the hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries.
 
Detective Mary Quinn of the Criminal Investigations Division was assigned to the case. Through her investigation, she developed 25-year-old Naheem Gosa as a suspect.
 
On July 22, Detective Quinn presented the case to a New Castle County Grand Jury, which returned an indictment for the following charges:
 

• Murder (First Degree)
• Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony – Three Counts
• Reckless Endangering (First Degree) – Two Counts
• Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited

 
On July 24, members of the Street Crimes Unit located Gosa in the 300 block of East 23rd Street, and took him into custody without incident.
 
He was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 20 and committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on $1,210,000 cash-only bail.
 
“The indictment and arrest in this investigation is representative of the relentless efforts of our detectives to bring justice in each of their cases,” said Sgt. Thomas Curley of the Criminal Investigations Division.