Teen dies following Milton shooting

A teen has died from injuries sustained during a July 22 shooting on Collins Street in Milton.

Police responded at 4:47 a.m. to the 14000 block of Collins Street for a report of a shooting and found a 19-year-old man shot in the upper torso. Police said they began lifesaving efforts, and took Ryan Simpson by ambulance to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police said Simpson died July 23. 

Police said Simpson was living in a shed on the property when someone fired several shots into the shed, hitting him. The Homicide Unit is investigating the July 22 incident and ask anyone with information to contact Det. A. Bluto at 302-741-2859; send a private Facebook message to the Delaware State Police; or contact Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-847-3333.

In 2010, the body of another 19-year-old was found in the same manufactured home neighborhood off Route 16. Spencer Ashing’s decaying body was found under a tarp in the yard of his father’s home at the end of Russell Street. An autopsy revealed he died from multiple gunshot wounds and blunt-force trauma. His father, Michael Hudson, now 72, was charged with first-degree murder, and remains in Sussex Correctional Institution, according to Vine records.