Jesse Holley, a 29-year-old Black man from Dover, Delaware, was shot in the early morning of October 16, 2022, on the 100 block of South Bradford Street. Police say officers responded about 1:12 a.m. for a report of gunfire and found Holley with a gunshot wound to his lower body. He was alive when first responders took him to Bayhealth Kent Campus for emergency treatment but later died from his injuries. Authorities initially withheld his name until family notification and publicly identified him the next day.

Dover detectives developed 30-year-old Duante Morrison of Dover as a suspect and obtained an arrest warrant. On October 20, 2022, Morrison was located at Independent Scrap Metal on Horsepond Road and taken into custody without incident. He was arraigned and held on $1,092,200 cash bail on charges including first-degree murder, possession of a firearm during a felony, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, two counts of reckless endangering first degree, and two counts of criminal mischief under $1,000. If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Jesse, please come forward with details.