Incident Number: 50-23-38686
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at 11:36 p.m.
Location: John Hunn Brown Road / South Little Creek Road 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 Jalisa Agard, 35, of Middletown, and Akosua Whitted, 39, of Dover, on charges related to a shooting incident that occurred last Wednesday. The investigation began at 11:36 p.m., when an Officer on patrol heard gun shots in the area of John Hunn Brown Road and South Little Creek Road. Following the shots, the Officer observed a vehicle leaving the area at a high rate of speed. The officer stopped the vehicle and contacted the occupants, identified as Agard and Whitted.
During the stop, the victim, a 30-year-old female of Dover, reported that she had been shot at in the area of John Hunn Brown Road and South Little Creek Road. No injuries were reported as a result of the shooting. Officers searched the vehicle occupied by Agard and Whitted and located two 9mm handguns. Both handguns were loaded. Through the ensuing investigation, Detectives determined that Agard and Whitted were responsible for shooting at the victim as described above. Both Agard and Whitted were transported to Dover Police Department where they were processed and arraigned.
Agard was committed to BWCI on $48,000 cash bail on the following charges:
-Reckless Endangering First Degree
-Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony
-Conspiracy Second Degree
Whitted was committed to BWCI on $44,000 cash bail on the following charges:
-Reckless Endangering First Degree
-Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony
-Conspiracy Second Degree
Middletown, DE
Dover, DE
