Updated on April 29, 2021 at 10:39 am
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Delaware State Police say a man shot his wife to death in the parking lot of Smyrna Middle School and killed a female acquaintance of hers before a police pursuit that ended in his death.
Authorities say Llewellyn Gill shot Stephanie Gill outside the school on Tuesday morning after they arrived to pick up their daughter for a medical appointment. He then led police on a vehicle pursuit that ended after he shot himself and crashed in Maryland.
Police then learned that there might be a second victim. They found 21-year-old Deanna Dominick-Dalton dead of apparent gunshot wounds at a Smyrna apartment.
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The incident first began when police responded to Smyrna Middle School on the 700 block of Duck Creek Road around 10:15 a.m. Tuesday.
When a school resource officer arrived on the scene, she found a 38-year-old Stephanie Gill had been shot. The officer rendered aid and administered CPR until medics arrived and later pronounced the victim dead at the scene.
Officials learned that the victim had been involved in a verbal argument with 47-year-old Llewellyn Gill. The argument escalated in the school parking lot, and police say the man shot the victim. According to authorities, the two were husband and wife and had intended to pick up their daughter.
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A man shot his wife to death in a school parking lot before a police pursuit that ended in his death, Delaware State Police said. Police later found a female.