A man was killed and another has been hospitalized, police said Sunday, after gunfire erupted in a crowd as thousands of students and visitors gathered following homecoming events at Delaware State University.
According to police, the shooting happened at about 9:19 p.m. on Saturday in the Dover Commons shopping center parking lot located in the 1200 Block of North DuPont Highway where crowds had gathered following homecoming events.
Officials said, before the shooting occurred, officers were in the area as crowds of “thousands of students and visitors attending Delaware State University’s homecoming events” gathered at nearby shopping centers and other areas when attendees were told to leave campus at approximately 6 p.m…