Delaware
Young woman shot, killed shot at Delaware State was planning transfer to university
Family heartbroken after 18-year-old girl shot, killed at Delaware State
A vigil was held for an 18-year-old young woman from Wilmington shot and killed at Delaware State University.
WILMINGTON, Del. – Balloons were released in memory of an 18-year-old girl who is no longer alive as dozens with heavy hearts packed the basketball courts at a park in Wilmington Wednesday evening.
“It hit us hard. It’s unexpected. She was taken to soon, from us too soon,” said Shanelle DeSilva and Dontavais Mitchell. They’re in disbelief over the murder of their daughter, Camay Mitchell DeSilva.
“I cry. Sometimes in front of people. A lot by myself. But I always tell everybody if you’re okay, then I’m okay, because I know Camay is okay,” said her father.
Dover Police say they got calls for shots fired on the campus of Delaware State University and found Camay shot just after 1:30 Sunday morning. She died at the hospital.
The university cancelled classes in the days following the shooting as police continued to investigate what happened.
Camay’s parents say she began college at Morgan State University and was planning to transfer to Del State where she applied just two weeks ago.
“Her best friend is a student there and she was just there visiting for the weekend. Like I said, she wanted to go there, so getting a feel for the campus,” said Camay’s mom, who also says her daughter enjoyed doing hair and had her own business. She was also pursing a career in computers.
“She wanted to go into the tech field and majored in computer science to work in cybersecurity. She did coding,” said her mom.
Candles lit the area surrounding pictures of Camay’s life.
Her family is heartbroken and says this could have happened to anyone on that campus.
“She had no real issues. She was good, always happy and of course she was an angel to me. She was a good kid and a lot of people will attest to that,” said her father and mother.
The U.S. Coast Guard and multiple partner agencies are responding to a barge fire in Delaware Bay on Tuesday after a tug reported that the vessel it was towing had caught fire.
According to the Coast Guard, watchstanders at Sector Delaware Bay received a call at approximately 8:20 a.m. from the tug Douglas J, reporting that the barge under tow was on fire. The barge was reportedly carrying scrap metal.
Authorities are towing the burning barge to a position about two miles off Maurice River Cove, New Jersey, in an effort to move the incident away from the main shipping channel while firefighting operations continue.
The Coast Guard has established a safety zone and issued a Broadcast Notice to Mariners as crews work to contain the fire and reduce potential hazards to vessel traffic in the busy port complex. Multiple fire departments have deployed fireboats to assist with suppression efforts.
No injuries have been reported and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Responders from Coast Guard Station Philadelphia, Coast Guard Station Cape May, and Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City have been deployed to assist. Partner agencies on scene include the Wilmington Fire Department, Delaware City Fire Department, Philadelphia Fire Department, New Jersey Office of Emergency Management, and Delaware Emergency Management.
The incident follows another major barge fire in the Delaware Bay region in 2022, when a barge carrying scrap household appliances burned for approximately 26 hours in what officials described as the largest firefighting operation in Delaware state history.
Response operations for the current fire remain ongoing.
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Tuesday, March 10, 2026 9:34AM
MINQUADALE, Del. (WPVI) — The DMV in Wilmington, Delaware is reopening at 8a.m. Tuesday.
This comes after the deadly shooting of State Trooper Matthew “Ty” Snook, 34, in December 2025.
A man walked into the facility and shot and killed Snook.
The DMV said service at the Wilmington location will be by appointment only for now. The Delaware City, Dover, and Georgetown DMV locations will continue to offer walk-in service to customers.
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