Two Men Plead Guilty in Death of Prospective Student Fatally Shot While Visiting Delaware State University By Liam Quinn

Two men pleaded guilty to charges in connection with the death of an 18-year-old prospective student who had been visiting the campus of Delaware State University.

Camay Mitchell De Silva was staying with a friend on the school’s campus in Dover in April 2024 when she was fatally shot, CBS News reported at the time.

Dover police said authorities had responded to a report of an altercation at the same time gunshots were heard. When police arrived, however, there was no sign of any fight or crime scene.

But shortly after, a second call came in reporting that a woman had been found on the ground, the police department said. Authorities then discovered De Silva suffering from a gunshot wound to the head.

De Silva was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Just over a week later, two men, Destry Jones, 20, and Damien Hinson, 18, were arrested in connection with the incident. Dover police alleged at the time that the pair had been involved in the altercation and fired the shots that killed De Silva. Neither were students at Delaware State.

De Silva, police noted, was an innocent bystander who was not involved in the quarrel and was not believed to have been the target.

In Sept. 2025, Jones and Hinson both pleaded guilty to several charges, the Delaware Department of Justice said.

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Hinson, now 19, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, conspiracy and a gun charge and was sentenced to 40 years in prison, the department said.

Jones, now 22, pleaded guilty to manslaughter, conspiracy and two weapons offenses. He is scheduled to be sentenced in December.

“Camay Mitchell De Silva was, by all accounts, a bright, promising, and beloved young woman,” Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings said in a statement. “It is disgraceful that she was taken from those who loved her — all because two reckless individuals thought they had the right to resort to lethal violence over a petty dispute.”