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MAGNOLIA, DE – Delaware State Police have arrested 23-year-old Chase Washington, of Magnolia, in connection with the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old woman on September 30, 2025. At approximately 7:30 p.m., troopers responded to a residence in the 800 block of Millchop Lane following reports of a shooting. Upon arrival, they located the woman suffering from a gunshot wound. She was transported to a nearby hospital, where she was later pronounced deceased. Her identity is being withheld pending family notification. According to the Delaware State Police Homicide Unit, which assumed the investigation, Washington, an acquaintance of the victim, was inside the residence handling a loaded handgun in a reckless manner when it discharged and struck the woman. Washington was taken into...

WILMINGTON, DE – The Delaware Republican Party is demanding accountability after the University of Delaware’s Student Television Network (STN49) allegedly broadcasted violent messaging in one of its programs. In a recent episode of The Bi-Weekly Show, an SNL-style program produced under the advisement of the University’s Communication Department, the closing credits included a “Special Thanks to Charlie Kirk’s Killer.” After students raised concerns, the video was deleted and reuploaded with the reference removed. Sources indicated the department attempted to resolve the matter quietly. https://twitter.com/realnickmiles/status/1973469251596960040?s=46&t=qpHXKRrodumlvlidNEoopw “This program operates under faculty oversight, with taxpayer-funded resources, and carries the ...

BEAR, DE – Delaware State Police have arrested 46-year-old Omar Mendoza of New Castle in connection with a fatal two-vehicle crash that occurred Sunday morning on US Route 40 near Fir Avenue. The incident happened on September 28, 2025, around 10:00 a.m., when Mendoza, driving a Chevrolet Malibu eastbound, entered a crossover at Fir Avenue, failed to stop at a stop sign, and drove diagonally across the westbound lanes into oncoming traffic. A westbound Suzuki motorcycle struck the front of the Malibu, ejecting both its riders. A 44-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle, from New Castle, was pronounced deceased at the scene. Her name has not been released pending family notification. The 36-year-old male operator of the motorcycle, from Bear, was transported to a hospital wi...