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Donte M Hammond

Case from Newark, DE dated Aug 18, 2019

Victim Details

Donte Hammond

Male

Black / African American

Newark

DE

2019-08-18

21

Donte

M Hammond

07/13/2026

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Donte M. Hammond, a 21-year-old Black man from Newark, Delaware, was killed during a burst of gunfire inside the Red Roof Inn at 1119 South College Avenue during the early morning of August 18, 2019. At approximately 12:56 a.m., the Newark Police Department began receiving multiple reports of shots being fired at the hotel. Officers arrived amid what witnesses and news accounts described as a chaotic scene and were directed to the building's second floor.

Inside a second-floor room, offic ...
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  • 6abc Philadelphia: Police ID man shot, killed at Newark Red Roof Inn
  • First State Update: Just In: One Dead, One Wounded After Gunfire Erupts At Newark Hotel
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