The Delaware State Police are conducting a death investigation for an incident that occurred in Frankford early this morning that left one man dead and one man critically injured.
Officials said on November 24, 2023, at approximately 1:10 a.m., troopers responded to a report of shots fired in the area of a residence on the 30200 block of Frankford School Road in Frankford. Upon arriving, troopers located two men with life-threatening injuries lying in the roadway near a Mecedes-Benz SUV and a Honda four-wheeler. For reasons under investigation, the SUV and the four-wheeler collided on Frankford School Road. The two injured men in the roadway were thrown from the four-wheeler after the two vehicles collided. The SUV’s occupants, a 38-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman, both from Frankford, were not injured.
One of the victims, 22-year-old Gabriel Dorman of Millsboro, was pronounced dead at the scene. The second victim, a 20-year-old Millsboro man, was taken to an area trauma hospital for critical injuries.
The Homicide Unit and Troop 4 Criminal Investigations Unit are actively investigating this incident. Detectives are asking anyone with information regarding this case to contact Detective A. Bluto.
Officials did not say why the Homicide Unit has joined the investigation or if anyone was struck by gunfire at the location.
