DOVER, Del. — Two suspects arrested in a fatal shooting on the campus of Delaware State University are not students at the school, authorities said Monday.
Dover police said Destry Jones, 20, and Damien Hinson, 18, both of Dover, were arrested Thursday for the murder of Camay Mitchell De Silva of Wilmington.
De Silva, 18, was shot in the head on April 21 outside a residence hall at Delaware State University. Investigators do not believe she was the intended target of the gunfire.
Jones was arrested Thursday at an apartment in Brooklyn, New York. Hinson was arrested later that same day in the parking lot of a Dover shopping center. Jones is awaiting extradition to Delaware on charges of murder, attempted murder, conspiracy, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. Hinson, who faces the same charges, is being held in a Delaware jail with bail set at more than $3 million cash.
Investigators said officers with the Dover Police Department, who were assisting campus police with night and weekend safety patrols, heard gunshots around 1:40 a.m. the day of the shooting. Almost simultaneously, campus police received a report of shots fired during a fight near a dormitory.
Police later received a separate call about a woman on the ground outside another dormitory and found De Silva fatally injured. Investigators said De Silva was not involved in the altercation.
Authorities said investigators learned that Jones and Hinson were part of a group involved in a fight with two other men that preceded the shooting. Jones and Hinson are charged with attempted murder in connection with the two other men.