Delaware

Worker Shoots Patron Outside Delaware Gold Club: Police

Delaware State Police charged a man who worked at Wilmington strip club in a shooting of a patron outside the club in September.

Police announced in a news release Monday that detectives arrested 38-year-old Terrance Everett of Wilmington on Dec. 15 as he arrived at the Division of Probation and Parole.

Police say a 25-year-old man was shot in the torso at the Gold Club on Sept. 27 after he heard what he thought were gunshots and tried to leave. He was treated at a hospital and released.

Police say they found the gun used in the shooting at a Newark home and linked it to Everett, who was a Gold Club employee when the shooting occurred.

Everett is charged with first-degree assault, reckless endangering and weapons offenses.

Following this shooting and others, the Delaware attorney general's office filed a court complaint seeking to have a the strip club declared a nuisance and closed permanently.

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