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Two more people have died from Sunday’s gun battle on the sidelines of a soccer game in south Wilmington’s Eden Park, raising the death toll to three, city police said today.
In all, five people — three spectators and two suspects who opened fire on the crowd — were wounded by gunfire. The gunmen drove up to the field at about 2:30 p.m., got out of the car and began shooting at spectators – some of whom fired back.
Police said today that two of the spectators have since died. Wilmington police have identified them as Herman Curry, 47, of New Castle, who sustained a gunshot wound to the chest and Alexander Kamara, 16, of Pike Creek, who sustained a gunshot wound to the head. Police say the third spectator was treated and released from the hospital for a minor gunshot wound to his shoulder. Police will not be releasing the name of the 33-year-old from Baltimore.
Police had announced Sunday that one of the the gunmen died. He was been identified today as Sheldon Olge, 43, of Maryland. He was found gravely wounded minutes after the 2:30 p.m. shootout in a getaway car a few blocks from the scene and later died at Christiana Hospital.
One injured suspect was shot in the leg and caught by police after he ran from the vehicle, which crashed at C Street and New Castle Avenue. The third suspect was caught by police after being injured by a police dog.
Those two were identified today as Otis Phillips, 34, of New Castle and Jeffrey Phillips, 22, of Wilmington. Police say Otis Phillips was apprehended by Wilmington Police and a K-9 unit in a vacant lot at B and Bradford streets. He was charged with two counts of murder, one count of attempted murder and other charges. Police say he also was wanted by Wilmington police for a homicide on Jan. 27, 2008, in the death of Chris Palmer, 40, who was shot in the 1200 block of N. Locust St. He was charged on the outstanding murder warrant and other related charges.
Jeffrey Phillips, who suffered a gunshot wound to his leg, also was apprehended Sunday after fleeing, police said today. He is in custody and faces two murder charges and an attempted murder charge.
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