LINCOLN, DE – Delaware State Police have arrested 21-year-old Deonte King of Lincoln in connection with a shooting that occurred last month near the Slaughter Beach Memorial Volunteer Fire Company.
The incident took place on the evening of June 12, 2025, at approximately 7:14 p.m., when troopers responded to the public access area near 359 Bay Avenue in Milford for reports of gunfire. According to the investigation, a 32-year-old Dover man was attending a party at the pavilion behind the fire company when multiple masked suspects arrived and opened fire on the crowd. The victim was struck in the lower extremity as he attempted to flee and was transported to a local hospital for treatment. He was later released.
Detectives from Troop 4’s Criminal Investigations Unit identified a light-colored Honda Accord with Delaware tags as the vehicle used by the suspects to flee the scene. Investigators subsequently identified Tyree Johnson and Tymere Harmon as two of the individuals involved in the shooting officials said. Deonte King was later confirmed as a third suspect, leading to the issuance of an arrest warrant according to police.
On July 17, 2025, King voluntarily surrendered at Troop 3 and was subsequently taken to Troop 4, where he was formally charged. He was arraigned at Justice of the Peace Court 2 and committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on a $234,500 cash bond.
King is charged with Assault 1st Degree, ten counts of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon – Firearm, nine counts of Reckless Endangering 1st Degree, and Conspiracy 2nd Degree.
