Violent Shooting on Del. Basketball Court

Young victim in extremely critical condition

Police are investigating a shooting at a basketball court in Wilmington, Del.

Monday night, around 6 p.m., police responded to a reported shooting at basketball courts located under I-95 on the 200 block of North Jackson Street .

They found a 23-year-old man who had been shot three times—once in the arm and twice in the abdomen.

After an initial investigation, authorities learned that the victim had been shot at six times by a man who walked up to the victim on the crowded basketball court and started firing.

The victim is currently at Christiana Hospital and is listed in critical condition.

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