Howard High School Teen Shot And Killed In Wilmington

By Ray Boyd and Alexandria Hoff

WILMINGTON, De. (CBS) -- Howard High School in Wilmington releases a statement on Thursday night regarding the shooting death of one of their students which took place on Thursday afternoon.

Wilmington Police say a 15-year-old boy was shot on the 900 block of Clifford Brown Walk on Thursday. The young man was taken to Christiana Hospital and died as a result of his injuries.

The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact Detective McKenzie Kirlin at 302-576-3653 or the department's Homicide Hotline at 302-576-3939. Police say that information leading to an arrest and conviction could lead to a $10,000 reward.

Family told Eyewitness News that the student was walking home from school on Thursday. 15-year-old Brandon Wingo, was a freshman at Howard and played varsity basketball. His hoop dreams were taken from him in broad daylight.

"He just left school," said Wingo's uncle Bruce Benson. "He was maybe two or three blocks from school and this occurred. There's no rhyme or reason.

"It was a tremendous loss. This guy had so much to live for and he had so much promise.

Stanley Spoor, the principal at Howard High School of Technology, released the following statement on Thursday night:

I am sorry to have to inform you that a 9th grade Howard student was shot at approximately 3:20 this afternoon in Wilmington at the 900 block of Clifford Brown Walkway. He was transported to Christiana hospital and died of his injuries. Counselors and support staff will be available at the school tomorrow. All of the Howard community is pained by the loss of this young man and we all grieve his death. Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers.

Howard High School mourns the loss of another student after Amy Joyner-Francis, a 16-year-old girl who attended the high school, died in April after an alleged assault that took place in a girl's bathroom at the school.

"You want to feel like that's a safe environment for your children. Unfortunately, from this last month, these two occurrences have made it feel like that's the last place they'd want to be," Benson said.

Counselors were made available for students on Friday as they tried to deal with something that at their age, they shouldn't have to; the loss of two of their own.