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Dwayne Grimes

Case from Wilmington, DE dated Oct 16, 2017

Victim Details

Dwayne Grimes

Male

Black / African American

Wilmington

DE

2017-10-16

19

Dwayne

Grimes

07/17/2026

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Black/African American male, age 19, Dwayne Grimes was shot in Wilmington, Delaware, on Monday, October 16, 2017, at about 4:20 p.m. Police responded to the 500 block of West 6th Street, near Jefferson Street, where officers found the 19-year-old with a gunshot wound to his torso. Paramedics treated him at the scene before he was taken to Christiana Hospital, where he died of his injuries shortly afterward. Detectives appealed for witnesses in the hours that followed as the neighborhood absorbed ...
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  • delawareonline: 19-year-old killed in Wilmington shooting
  • Teen indicted in 2017 slaying of Dwayne Grimes in Wilmington
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