On August 9, 2022, at 7pm the Middletown Police responded to E. Cole Blvd for a shooting that left a victim hospitalized with gunshot wounds.
Officials said the investigation, led by the Middletown Police Criminal Investigation Division, developed Capice A. Johnson, 27, Middletown as a suspect.
On September 7, 2022, the New Castle County Police SWAT Team and the U.S. Marshals assisted with a search warrant at a residence in the unit block of Janvier Court, Middletown.
Johnson was taken into custody without incident and charged with multiple gun and drug charges. He was arraigned on his charges and committed to Howard R. Young Correctional
Institution on $183,000.00 cash bail.