Gunfire at US soccer tournament kills three
11 July 2012 7:35 AM IST
Armed men suspected of triggering an exchange of gunfire at a weekend soccer tournament in Delaware that left three people dead and two wounded apparently targeted the tournament organiser, but authorities would not comment about the motive.
The dead included the tournament organiser, a 16-year-old boy participating in the tournament and one of three suspects alleged to have initiated the deadly violence on Sunday afternoon at a park near downtown Wilmington.
One of two suspects taken into custody was the subject of an outstanding warrant charging him with first-degree murder in a 2008 shooting, authorities said.
Police on Monday said one or more people in the crowd returned fire at the gunmen in the latest in a spike of fatal shootings that has exacerbated concerns about violent crime in Wilmington.
Captain Nancy Dietz, head of the Wilmington police department's criminal investigations division, said the gunmen apparently targeted tournament organiser Herman Curry, 47, of New Castle.
According to witnesses, one of the gunmen tapped Curry on the shoulder, and he was fatally shot in the chest when he turned around, Dietz said.
‘It does not appear to be a random shooting,’ said Dietz, who refused to confirm reports suggesting that Curry was targeted because he was a witness to the 2008 shooting. Also killed was Alexander Kamara, 16, of Pike Creek, who died after being shot in the head. Kamara was a student at AI DuPont High School in Greenville, where he wrestled and played soccer.
One of the alleged gunmen, Sheldon Olge, 43, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at Christiana Hospital.
‘He and the other two suspects came to the game, fired multiple rounds and then got in their car and fled the scene,’ Dietz said.
Authorities said the vehicle crashed a short distance away.
The dead included the tournament organiser, a 16-year-old boy participating in the tournament and one of three suspects alleged to have initiated the deadly violence on Sunday afternoon at a park near downtown Wilmington.
One of two suspects taken into custody was the subject of an outstanding warrant charging him with first-degree murder in a 2008 shooting, authorities said.
Police on Monday said one or more people in the crowd returned fire at the gunmen in the latest in a spike of fatal shootings that has exacerbated concerns about violent crime in Wilmington.
Captain Nancy Dietz, head of the Wilmington police department's criminal investigations division, said the gunmen apparently targeted tournament organiser Herman Curry, 47, of New Castle.
According to witnesses, one of the gunmen tapped Curry on the shoulder, and he was fatally shot in the chest when he turned around, Dietz said.
‘It does not appear to be a random shooting,’ said Dietz, who refused to confirm reports suggesting that Curry was targeted because he was a witness to the 2008 shooting. Also killed was Alexander Kamara, 16, of Pike Creek, who died after being shot in the head. Kamara was a student at AI DuPont High School in Greenville, where he wrestled and played soccer.
One of the alleged gunmen, Sheldon Olge, 43, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at Christiana Hospital.
‘He and the other two suspects came to the game, fired multiple rounds and then got in their car and fled the scene,’ Dietz said.
Authorities said the vehicle crashed a short distance away.
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