Pictures have been fired within the parking zone of Sussex Central Excessive Faculty in Georgetown throughout a basketball sport in opposition to Cape Henlopen Excessive Faculty on Tuesday night time.
Police on responsibility on the sport have been alerted to gunfire exterior the college, at 26026 Patriots Approach, simply earlier than 9 p.m., a Delaware State Police information launch mentioned. A number of shell casings have been discovered within the parking zone however there have been no reported accidents. Surveillance footage was used to determine a 15-year-old Sussex Central scholar because the suspect, who later turned himself in, police mentioned.
The coed was charged with 5 felonies, together with possession of a firearm in a secure college zone, and dedicated to Stevenson Home Detention Heart on $82,000 secured bond.
Sussex Central dad and mom obtained a message from the college saying the gunfire broken the college’s important door and a window throughout the road on the Howard T. Ennis Faculty.
“The security of scholars, households and spectators is our prime precedence,” the message mentioned.
Shannon Marvel McNaught studies on southern Delaware and past. Attain her at smcnaught@gannett.com or on Twitter @MarvelMcNaught.<\/em><\/p>\n