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 #24279  by stephpd
 
Guy shot multiple times, kid in back seat, two women in front and nobody saw nothing. Yeah, right. Looking at his record I'd bet everyone knew who shot him.

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/2 ... ing+victim

Wilmington police confirmed through fingerprints the identity of a man shot dead Thursday as he sat in a car on the city's north side.

The victim is 20-year-old Tommear G. Tinnin, whose last known address was in the 1000 block of Chestnut St., Wilmington police Master Sgt. Steven Barnes said.

His death brings the number of homicides in the city to 14 for the year. Eleven of them were fatal shootings.

Tinnin was sitting in the rear driver's side of a blue Chevrolet Malibu about 3:40 p.m. at 23rd and Washington streets when a gunman fired the shots that killed him.

The 2-year-old girl seated next to him and the two female occupants in the front seat were not injured in the spray of gunfire.

The driver sped to Wilmington Hospital, but doctors could not save Tinnin, who was pronounced dead at 4:50 p.m.

Neighbors on the block reported hearing as many as 10 gunshots.

Detectives Friday continued to investigate the homicide and had no suspect information to release.

The victim was a repeat offender with a long criminal history dating to 2002, court records show.

A Dec. 7 story in The News Journal stated that Tinnin, who was out on bail at the time, was arrested Dec. 3 outside the New Castle County Courthouse on weapons charges during his brother's drug delivery trial.

At the time, it was his sixth arrest in four months.

When Tinnin was 14, he was first charged with disorderly conduct, a charge that was later dismissed without prejudice, court records show.

Between October 2002 and Thursday, his records show he had been arrested on 42 assorted charges, and was found guilty in nine of the cases.

The remaining 33 offenses were either not prosecuted or dismissed, court records indicate.

In 2005, he was convicted of possessing a deadly weapon with the serial number obliterated and illegal possession of a deadly weapon, and was committed to the state Department of Correction work release program and probation.

He was last arrested Nov. 28 for third-degree assault, a charge that was later dismissed without prejudice.

Detectives are asking for tips from the public to solve this crime.
 #24280  by George
 
"His death brings the number of homicides in the city to 14 for the year. Eleven of them were fatal shootings." :?
 #24282  by photog
 
Wilmington.... A place to be somebody.

drug dealer...
murderer...
theif...
home invader...
rapist...
gang member...
robber...
neighborhood thug...
citizen that "don't see nuttin' "
 #24287  by Hawkeye
 
A Dec. 7 story in The News Journal stated that Tinnin, who was out on bail at the time, was arrested Dec. 3 outside the New Castle County Courthouse on weapons charges during his brother's drug delivery trial.
That's all you need to know. A convicted felon carrying a gun and was out on bail. Don't waste anymore police time on this one. Move on to trying to solve the murder of an innocent victim.
 #24289  by George
 
and be thankful the child or an innocent wasn't hit
 #24298  by stephpd
 
I thought that with multiple shots fired into a car full of people and only one person hit that it was obvious that he was the target. Yet nobody seems to want to say who shot him. His record speaks volumes, both about him and the revolving door policy that's so wrong with the justice system.