Wilmington Police have made a second arrest in connection with a shooting incident that took place on Tuesday.
On Tuesday at approximately 10:57 a.m., two members of the Community Engagement Unit were conducting a foot patrol in the area and reported hearing shots fired in the 800 block of West 7th Street. Officers located a 16-year-old male gunshot victim. While one police officer rendered aid to the victim – who was transported to the hospital in stable condition – the other officer pursued a suspect on foot. Police were able to take the first suspect, 19-year-old Meziah Thompson, into custody without incident.
The case was assigned to Detective Brendan Wham of the Criminal Investigations Division. Through the course of his investigation, Detective Wham was able to identify Thompson as a suspect in connection with the shooting incident and he was charged with multiple offenses.
Detective Wham was also able to identify 19-year-old Javon Turner as a second suspect in connection with this incident, and he obtained warrants for his arrest.
On October 18, members of the Criminal Investigations Division and the Gun Intelligence Unit located Turner in the area of 7th and West Streets, and took him into custody without incident.
Turner has been charged with the following offenses:
- Attempted Murder (First Degree)
- Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony
- Conspiracy (First Degree)
- Possession of a Firearm or Ammunition by a Person Prohibited – Two Counts
- Wearing a Disguise During the Commission of a Felony
Turner was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 11 and was committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on $142,000 cash-only bail.
