Advisory
Update #1 (Investigation – 3200 block of West Second Street):
This incident remains under investigation by the Criminal Investigations Division, the Office of Professional Standards and the Delaware Department of Justice.
This is an ongoing investigation and no further information will be released at this time.
Original message (March 5, 2020):
Wilmington Police are on scene investigating a police-involved shooting that occurred in the 3200 block of West Second Street.
At approximately 6:17 p.m., a Wilmington Police officer on proactive patrol was flagged down regarding an in-progress domestic dispute that was taking place in the 3200 block of West Second Street.
As police officers arrived on scene and exited their patrol vehicles, they located a 51-year-old male suspect in a vehicle. Officers repeatedly instructed the suspect to stop the vehicle, but the man attempted to flee, ramming a marked police vehicle and striking a second vehicle.
As the suspect continued to attempt to flee the area, he drove his vehicle at a high rate of speed onto a sidewalk where police officers were standing. Two Wilmington Police officers discharged their department-issued firearms, and the suspect was struck once. The suspect continued driving and fled the area in his vehicle.
Police located the suspect a short time later in the 900 block of North Pine Street, where he was taken into custody and transported to the hospital for treatment. He was listed in stable condition at the time of this report.
The two officers were not injured.
This incident is under investigation by the Criminal Investigations Division, the Office of Professional Standards and the Delaware Department of Justice.
Update #1 (Investigation – 3200 block of West Second Street): 
The suspect in this incident has been identified as 51-year-old Orrin Daniels.
Daniels has been charged with the following offenses:
- Attempted Murder (First Degree) – 3 Counts
- Reckless Endangering
- Possession of a Deadly Weapon During the Commission of a Felony – 4 Counts
- Leaving the Scene of an Accident
- Resisting Arrest with Force or Violence
- Reckless Driving
This incident remains under investigation by the Criminal Investigations Division, the Office of Professional Standards and the Delaware Department of Justice.
This is an ongoing investigation and no further information will be released at this time.
Original message (March 5, 2020):
Wilmington Police are on scene investigating a police-involved shooting that occurred in the 3200 block of West Second Street.
At approximately 6:17 p.m., a Wilmington Police officer on proactive patrol was flagged down regarding an in-progress domestic dispute that was taking place in the 3200 block of West Second Street.
As police officers arrived on scene and exited their patrol vehicles, they located a 51-year-old male suspect in a vehicle. Officers repeatedly instructed the suspect to stop the vehicle, but the man attempted to flee, ramming a marked police vehicle and striking a second vehicle.
As the suspect continued to attempt to flee the area, he drove his vehicle at a high rate of speed onto a sidewalk where police officers were standing. Two Wilmington Police officers discharged their department-issued firearms, and the suspect was struck once. The suspect continued driving and fled the area in his vehicle.
Police located the suspect a short time later in the 900 block of North Pine Street, where he was taken into custody and transported to the hospital for treatment. He was listed in stable condition at the time of this report.
The two officers were not injured.
This incident is under investigation by the Criminal Investigations Division, the Office of Professional Standards and the Delaware Department of Justice.
Address/Location
Wilmington Police Department
300 N Walnut St
Wilmington, DE 19801
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 302-654-5151
