DOVER, Del. – Two men tied to a murder-for-hire plot that left a Dover man dead are once again convicted following a retrial that closed a years-long case.
According to the Delaware Department of Justice, the plot began in January 2020, when Khalil Dixon, of Dover, placed a bounty on three people including Shiheem Durham, 18, also of Dover. Jason Calhum, from New Castle County, accepted the hit.
Prosecutors say that on Feb. 25, 2020, Calhum and others then traveled from Wilmington to Dover, where Calhum lured one of the targets to a meeting under the guise of a drug deal. When the vehicle arrived, Calhum fired a single shot at the car, striking Durham in the front passenger seat…