Thursday, March 20, 2025

Identity of female shooting victim released

Wilmington Police Department identified the female who was shot on Lake Avenue last week. (Port City Daily/file)

WILMINGTON — The identity of a female who was shot Thursday evening while walking her dog along Lake Avenue has been released.

READ MORE: Female shot multiple times in drive-by, suspect still at large

ALSO: Suspect in multiple shootings, WB assault, Market Street chase killed by police

Wilmington resident Shelley Lancaster was was shot multiple times by 35-year-old William Brent Gilmore as he drove by the 4200 block of Lake Avenue.

Gilmore has been identified as the individual in an officer-involved shooting Friday. He was pronounced dead on Market Street Friday after fleeing police from Wrightsville Beach, where he assaulted a victim in a home on Scotch Bonnet Lane.


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