Delaware State Police are investigating a homicide that occurred in Ellendale Sunday afternoon.
Officials said on June 9, 2024, at approximately 4:30 p.m., troopers responded to an area near the Ellendale Community Center, located on North Old State Road, for a shooting.
When troopers arrived, they learned that 17-year-old Ahniya Coverdale of Harrington had been shot and taken to the Ellendale Fire Company. The victim was taken by ambulance to an area hospital, where she died.
A second victim, a 19-year-old man, later responded to an area hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg and was being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
The preliminary investigation showed that a fight broke out between several people at the community center when an unknown suspect pulled a gun and fired shots into the crowd hitting the two victims police said.