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Javan Cale

Case from Dover, DE dated Jan 10, 2017

Victim Details

Javan Cale

Male

Black / African American

Dover

DE

2017-01-10

31

Javan

Cale

Yes

08/06/2026

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Javan Cale, a 31-year-old Black man from Dover, Delaware, was fatally shot on the evening of January 10, 2017. At about 7:40 p.m., gunfire erupted inside his home at the Clearfield Apartments, located at 120 Haman Drive. Investigators found Cale on the apartment floor suffering from several wounds to his torso. A silver 9mm Smith & Wesson semiautomatic handgun was near him, and two types of cartridge casings scattered through the scene showed that weapons had been fired from opposing sides. Witn ...
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  • delawareonline: Apartment shootout in Dover leaves one dead
  • Arrests Made in Clearfield Apartments Homicide 1-13-17
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