Incident Number: 50-25-21356
Date/Time: Friday, June 13th, 2025 at 11:40 p.m.
Location: Unit Block of Stevenson Drive, Dover, DE
Contact: Dover Police Department Public Information Officer
Master Corporal Ryan Schmid Email: Ryan.schmid@cj.state.de.us
Narrative: The Dover Police Department has arrested Justin Thomas, 26, for a shooting that injured a 50-year-old Dover man late Friday night. The investigation began at 11:40 p.m. when the Dover Police Department received a call for a shooting in the unit block of Stevenson Drive. Officers responded and located the victim, a 50-year-old male of Dover, who had sustained a gunshot wound to his shoulder. The victim was transported to Bayhealth Kent Campus for treatment. Multiple occupied homes and unoccupied vehicles were shot during this incident as well. Through the ensuing investigation, Thomas was identified as the suspect, and a warrant was obtained for his arrest.
On Saturday, June 14th at 4:12 p.m., Patrol Officers observed Thomas in the parking lot of a business in the 200 block of South DuPont Highway and he was taken into custody without incident. Thomas was found in possession of a handgun when he was taken into custody.
Thomas was transported to the Dover Police Department to be processed and arraigned.
Thomas was committed to SCI on $332,000 cash bail on the following charges:
-Assault First Degree
-Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony(2x)
-Reckless Endangering First Degree (6x)
-Possession of a Firearm/Deadly Weapon By a Person Prohibited(3x)
-Possession of a Weapon with an Obliterated Serial Number
-Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon
-Criminal Mischief (4x)
Dover, DE
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