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Charles Mays

Case from Wilmington, DE dated Jan 14, 2017

Victim Details

Charles Mays

Male

Black / African American

Wilmington

DE

2017-01-14

66

Charles

Mays

Yes

07/30/2026

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Charles Mays, a 66-year-old Black man and lifelong Wilmington resident, was driving his pickup truck through the city during the early afternoon of January 14, 2017, when an attempted robbery turned deadly. Near the 2200 block of North Lamotte Street, Deneisha Wright approached the passenger side of his truck with a firearm. Prosecutors later established that Wright intended to take pills and money from Mays. When he resisted, she fired several rounds into the cab, striking him twice in the legs ...
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  • 6abc Philadelphia: Wilmington police ID man found fatally shot after crash
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