14-year-old charged with murder in connection to June Ellendale homicide

ELLENDALE, Del. – A 14-year-old has been arrested in connection to a June homicide in Ellendale.

The incident happened at around 4:30 p.m. on June 9th, in the 12000 block of North Old State Road. Troopers arrived at the scene to learn that a 17-year-old female had been shot and taken to the Ellendale Fire Company before being taken to a nearby hospital by ambulance. She was pronounced dead at the hospital. A second victim, a 19-year-old man, was taken to an area hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg and was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

The victim was later identified as 17-year-old Ahniya Coverdale of Harrington, Delaware.

Further investigation led police to identify a 14-year-old as the suspect. The teen was indicted by a Sussex County Grand Jury earlier this week for first degree murder, three counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, two counts of possession of a firearm by a person prohibited, first degree assault, eight counts of first degree reckless endangering, and theft of a firearm. He was held on a $300,000.