A young girl is recovering after she was grazed by a bullet during a shooting in Wilmington, Delaware on Labor Day.
Police responded to a home on the 1900 block of W. 5th Street Monday shortly after 5 p.m. for a report of shots fired. When they arrived they found a 5-year-old girl suffering from a gunshot graze wound to her lower right leg area.
The girl was taken to St. Francis Hospital in good condition.
Luigi Vitrone, the Little Italy Association President in Wilmington and owner of a restaurant near where the shooting took place told NBC10 he heard six to seven gunshots during the ordeal.
"I came downstairs and you could smell a little bit of the gun powder," Vitrone said. "People were kind of in a frenzy. I get goosebumps just even thinking about the situation."
Police did not release a detailed description of the suspect but believe he is a male between the ages of 18 and 25. Store surveillance video obtained by NBC10 shows a man in a black shirt drop his arm, run away and tuck something into his pants moments after the shooting. Seconds later, a store employee directs another man chasing the person in the black shirt.
If you have any information on the shooting, please call Detective Jordan Merced at 302-576-3620 or the Delaware Crime Stoppers Tipline at 1-800-TIP-3333. You can also email www.delawarecrimestoppers.org or text a tip to NIXLE at 888777.
