Masked Gunmen Shot Dover Man On Monday

The Dover Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred on Hampton Drive Monday afternoon.

Officials said the investigation began at 2:16., when Dover Police received a call for a shooting in the 100 block of Hampton Drive.

Officers responded and made contact with the victim, a 20-year-old Dover man, who had sustained a gunshot wound to his upper body and a graze wound on his lower body.

The victim was transported to Bayhealth Kent Campus with non-life-threatening injuries. The investigation revealed that as the victim was arriving at his home, three suspects were standing in the area, one of whom began firing a handgun at him.

The suspects then fled toward Redner’s however could not be located by arriving Officers. The suspects are described as black males wearing ski masks. 

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