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Clifton M. Leager, 52, was killed during a violent home invasion at his Dover-area residence in the early morning hours of October 17, 2015. At about 1:38 a.m., Delaware State Police responded after gunfire inside the home on the 1400 block of John Clark Road in the Rodney Village development. Investigators say two armed men forced entry and a struggle with Clifton and his adult son, Jacob, left both men shot; Clifton was pronounced dead at the scene and Jacob was treated and released from a local hospital.

Police say the intruders fled on foot through the neighborhood toward a vehicle where 18-year-old Haley Henwood of Philadelphia was in or near the car; Henwood was struck by gunfire and later died at a hospital. Authorities later identified Philadelphia men Saleem Shabazz and Matthew Harrington as the two intruders and pursued charges related to the forced entry and the fatal shooting of Clifton. Jacob was separately charged in connection with Henwood’s death after investigators concluded he had chased the suspects to their vehicle and fired into it; his case resolved with a guilty plea to criminally negligent homicide.

Does anyone have information about the Rodney Village break-in or the people involved that could shed more light on what happened that night?