Man Released After Fatal Shooting of Teen

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - January 5, 2007 -- New Castle County Police had taken a man into custody after the fatal shooting a 17-year-old boy in a parking lot at the Canby Park Apartments, just outside the Wilmington city limits near Elsmere.

New Castle County Police say the 35-year-old man is a security guard and a licensed gun carrier, who was allegedly walking his dog when he was jumped by a group of teens. The man claims he fatally shot one of the three teens in self-defense, and has since been released by investigators.

Police say the boy was found shot in the upper body about 10 last night in the 500-block of Homestead Road. Paramedics say he died on the way to the hospital.

The young man has been identified as Jeremy Cooper, of the unit block of Clayton Street in Wilmington.

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