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Victim identified in Wilshire Boulevard homicide

The Wilmington Police Department is investigating a homicide that occurred on Wilshire Boulevard on Oct. 2. (Google Maps)

WILMINGTON — The Wilmington Police Department is investigating a homicide that occurred on Wilshire Boulevard Wednesday, the victim now identified as 22-year-old Caleb Osborn.

Just after 8 a.m. on Oct. 2, WPD units were dispatched to the 4000 block of Wilshire Boulevard in reference to an unconscious man. Upon arrival, officers located Osborn deceased in the grass outside of the nearby apartment buildings.

Police have determined Osborn went to a nearby address to meet with an acquaintance shortly before he was shot and killed. This is an ongoing homicide investigation that is being investigated as an isolated incident.

WPD is asking anyone with information on Osborn or has seen him in Wilmington or the surrounding areas recently to contact them at (910) 343-3600 or use the anonymous Tip411 app. 


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