Police ID, arrest Delaware Park shooting suspect - The News Journal
A verbal altercation at Delaware Park in Stanton led to one man shot and another quickly arrested in his shooting Wednesday morning, state police said. Investigation showed that 30-year-old Ruben Rojas of Wilmington, who works as a jockey at the track, got into a verbal altercation with a 38-year-old trainer from Miramar, Florida, Master Cpl. Rojas, while seated in his vehicle, pulled out a handgun and shot the trainer in the stomach, Hale said. By 10:04 a. m. , Hale said, police had the shooting suspect in custody. Troopers used a description of Rojas' vehicle and the help of a state police helicopter to locate the tan Nissan Xterra, in the parking lot of Prides Court Apartments on Sussex Road near Ogletown, Hale said. Upon arrival, Rojas surrendered to police and was taken into custody without incident, Hale added. His 9 mm Luger handgun also was recovered from the creek and later found to have been reported stolen to the Cleveland, Ohio, police department, Hale said. Rojas was charged with assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and possession of a stolen firearm. Source: www.delawareonline.com
