Jesse Holley, a 29-year-old Black/African American male from Dover, Delaware, was killed in the early morning hours of October 16, 2022, after a shooting on South Bradford Street in Dover. Police said the case began around 1:12 a.m., when Dover officers were called to the 100 block of South Bradford Street for a report of gunfire. When officers and medical personnel arrived, they found Holley suffering from a gunshot wound to his lower body.
Holley was still alive when first responders
reached him, and he was taken to Bayhealth Kent Campus for emergency treatment. Despite those efforts, he later died from his injuries. Dover police initially investigated the shooting as a homicide and withheld his name until his family could be notified. The next day, authorities publicly identified him as Jesse Holley of Dover.
In the days after the shooting, Dover detectives worked the case and developed 30-year-old Duante Morrison of Dover as a suspect. Investigators obtained a warrant for Morrison’s arrest in connection with Holley’s death. On October 20, 2022, law enforcement received information that Morrison was at Independent Scrap Metal at 883 Horsepond Road in Dover. Members of the United States First State Fugitive Task Force, the U.S. Marshals Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, Dover Police Drugs, Vice and Organized Crime Unit, and Delaware Probation and Parole responded to the business.
When officers made contact with Morrison at the Horsepond Road business, he was taken into custody without incident. Police then transported him to Dover Police Department, where he was arraigned. Authorities said Morrison was committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on $1,092,200 cash bail.
Morrison was charged with Murder First Degree, Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person, two counts of Reckless Endangering First Degree, and two counts of Criminal Mischief Under $1,000. Publicly available online reports located for this synopsis describe Morrison’s arrest and charges, but they do not provide a confirmed trial outcome, conviction, plea, or sentencing result in the case.
