One arrested in Dover restaurant shooting, second suspect sought

DOVER, Del. – Dover Police say an arrest has been made in connection to a shooting at Roma’s Pizza last weekend.

At around 4:40 p.m. on October 9th, officers responded to a report of a shooting at the restaurant. Officers arrived at the scene and located a Dover man suffering from a gunshot wound to his upper torso. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment and is listed in stable condition. Officers located one .22 caliber shell casing inside of the restaurant and five 9mm casings outside. Further investigation revealed that someone had fired the .22 caliber gun inside of the store, hitting the victim. After this shot was fired, several people reportedly ran from the store, and another individual fired five shots from the 9mm outside of the store.

Throughout the course of the investigation, detectives identified 22-year-old Isreal Brown-Foster as one of the suspects in this shooting, and an arrest warrant was obtained. At around 6:10 p.m. Tuesday, members of the U.S. Marshals Task Force, Dover Police, and Dover Probation and Parole took Brown-Foster into custody in the parking lot of Ross Department Store.

Brown-Foster was held at SCI on a $121,000 cash bail after being charged with first degree reckless endangering, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and criminal mischief under $1000.

Police are still attempting to identify the second suspect in this case. They are asking anyone with information to contact Dover PD at 302-736-7130 or Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333.

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