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Summary based on 2 sources
Dwayne Allen Payton, a male age 30 died on September 23, 2006, in Wilmington, Delaware. Public memorial records list him by full name and confirm the date and place of death, as well as his age; the sources reviewed do not specify his ethnicity. He was interred at Silverbrook Cemetery in Wilmington.

Memorial listings indicate that Dwayne Allen Payton, a male age 30, was lost to gun violence in Wilmington on September 23, 2006. These public summaries characterize the death as involving a firearm but do not provide further scene details such as the exact location, time of day, or circumstances leading up to the shooting; the victim's ethnicity is not reported in these sources.

A review of publicly available memorial and obituary materials for Dwayne Allen Payton, a male age 30, did not identify any named suspects or arrests connected with his killing. No law-enforcement press releases specific to this homicide were located in the public Wilmington Police Department cold-case or Delaware State Police homicide listings consulted for broader context, and the memorial sources themselves do not mention investigative outcomes; the victim's ethnicity is not reported in these materials.

Obituary notices for Dwayne Allen Payton, a male age 30, provide biographical and funeral details: services were held in Wilmington in late September and early October 2006, and he was survived by his father William Payton, the late Beverly Hawkins children Tiana, Briana, and Domonta Payton, brother Freddie Lee Hawkins Jr., and extended family. These notices reiterate the date and place of death but do not discuss investigative developments or the victim's ethnicity.

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