Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Officers find body on S. 15th Street

WILMINGTON — One person is dead from gunfire, reports from Wilmington Police Department indicate.

On Saturday, Feb. 11, 12:10 p.m., law enforcement responded to a call from a citizen who reported a body on 800 block of South 14th Street. It coincided with an alert from a ShotSpotter activation.

At the scene, officers located a deceased victim, who had sustained multiple gunshot wounds. Police are not releasing the name until notifying the family.

The case continues to be investigated.

“We send our condolences to the victims family and friends during this time,” WPD noted in a press release. 

Anyone with information regarding the incident should call 910-343-3609 or use the anonymous app, Tip 411.


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Shea Carver
Shea Carver
Shea Carver is the editor in chief at Port City Daily. A UNCW alumna, Shea worked in the print media business in Wilmington for 22 years before joining the PCD team in October 2020. She specializes in arts coverage — music, film, literature, theatre — the dining scene, and can often be tapped on where to go, what to do and who to see in Wilmington. When she isn’t hanging with her pup, Shadow Wolf, tending the garden or spinning vinyl, she’s attending concerts and live theater.

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