Overview
- Law enforcement responded to ChristianaCare Wilmington Hospital after reports of gunfire and found two 19-year-old employees with gunshot wounds, one of whom died and one who remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition.
- Police identified 23-year-old John Wallace-Bey as the suspect and arrested him in Philadelphia hours after the June 16 shooting, and he is expected to be extradited to Delaware for prosecution.
- Investigators describe the attack as a targeted, isolated workplace incident that preliminary evidence ties to a hospital employee, and officials are reviewing surveillance footage and other evidence to confirm motive and sequence.
- The hospital locked down and diverted its emergency department during the response, later reopened the campus, and activated wellbeing and behavioral health resources for staff and patients.
- Multiple local, state and federal agencies, including the FBI and ATF, assisted at the scene, and the case has renewed attention on hospital workplace violence, security procedures and staff safety measures.