Milford man, teens face murder charges in Seaford shooting
A Milford man, 20, and two teenagers face murder charges after police say they shot and killed a 19-year-old in Seaford in 2022.
Police say Trent Ingalls, two teenage Seaford boys - one 17 and the other 15 - and two others, who have not yet been identified, went to a Seaford home on West Stein Highway Oct. 11, 2022, and shot Carl Pedone Jr. and a woman, both 19, said Sr. Cpl. Jason Hatchell of the Delaware State Police.
Hatchell said five people forced their way through the rear door of the residence, went went directly to the Pedone’s bedroom with handguns drawn, and demanded an unknown item from Pedone and the woman. Pedone was shot inside his bedroom and the woman was shot while sitting on a chair in the same room, Hatchell said. Also, he said, at the time of this incident there was an infant child and two other adults at the home, buy they were not injured.
Pedone died from multiple gunshots to his torso; the woman was struck once and treated and released from the hospital.
A Sussex County Grand Jury indicted Ingalls and the two teens on murder on April 24. Two days later, the 17-year-old was arrested at his home, and the 15-year-old turned himself in.
They are charged with two counts of first-degree murder, four counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, first-degree reckless endangering, felony home invasion, first-degree assault, and first-degree conspiracy. The 17-year-old also faces second-degree conspiracy.
Both teens were arraigned at Justice of the Peace Court 3 and committed on cash bond - the 17-year-old to the Stevenson House Detention Center on a $782,000, and the 15-year-old to New Castle County Detention Center on $527,000.
On April 27, Ingalls was stopped by the Vermont State Police in the area of Rutland, Vermont, and he was taken into custody without incident. Ingalls is being held in the Vermont Department of Corrections on a fugitive warrant pending extradition to Delaware.
Police continue to search for two more suspects and ask anyone with information regarding this case to contact Detective A. Bluto at 302-741-2859, send a Private Facebook Message to the Delaware State Police, or contact Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333 or at www.delawarecrimestoppers.com.
