Shooting in Ellendale, Delaware, leaves teen dead, 8 other people injured, state police say
By Samantha R. Patel
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A 17-year-old girl is dead and eight other people are injured after someone opened fire into a crowd at an outdoor party in Delaware Halloween night. Delaware State Police said the shooting happened around 10 p.m. Saturday, along the 18000 block of Beach Highway in Ellendale. An unknown suspect had reportedly fired shots from a neighboring property into a crowd of people attending the party, striking nine people. A 17-year-old girl from Seaford was rushed to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, where she later died. A 20-year-old man from Seaford was also hospitalized with life-threatening gunshot wounds. Seven other people were taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, including two 17-year-old boys from Selbyville, a 19-year-old woman from Ellendale, a 20-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man from Seaford, a 20-year-old woman from Greenwood and a 22-year-old woman from Laurel. Police are urging anyone who attended the party or has informati