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Wilmington Police said a 19-year old was shot and killed Sunday night in the city's Southeast 9th Ward.

Officers responded to the 2300 block of North Monroe Street around 9:45 p.m. on August 14, 2022, for the reported shooting.

The victim was pronounced dead at the hospital. His identity has not been released.

Meanwhile, Wilmington Police made an arrest over the weekend in connection with a non-lethal shooting in April.

Tyquan Vaughn

Tyquan Vaughn

Tyquan Vaughn, 19, was arrested Saturday without incident in connection to a shooting on April 15, 2022, in the 800 block of East 22nd Street.

The victim, a 17-year-old, suffered a non-life threatening injury.

Vaughn is charged with assault and is being held at Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on $102,000 cash-only bail.