Two men and a woman have been arrested in connection with murder-robbery of a Newark-area store clerk. All are charged with first degree murder and related charges.
Mohammed Rafique Ullah, 48, of Newark was found dead in the early morning hours of Sept. 12 at the 7-11 store off Del. Route 896 in the Four Seasons area. Delaware State Police reported Rafique was shot and killed after he turned over cash to two males who entered the store.
State Police detectives conducted interviews and reviewed video footage that indicated the suspects were seen at the Interstate 95 Service Plaza near Newark.
The men threatened an employee, and went to a secured room where a safe is kept, attempting to force entry into the room by kicking the door, but were unsuccessful.
The suspects then fled the building on foot into the parking lot. A truck driver saw parking lot the suspects get into a vehicle described as a black Ford Taurus and travel southbound on I-95. The truck driver was able to provide a description of the suspects, as well as the Ford’s Delaware registration number.
Camera footage tied the suspects to the 7-11 hold-up and murder.
That led detectives Wednesday to the apartment of the registered owner of the Ford Taurus, in the unit block of Winterhaven Drive, adjacent to the 7-11 convenience store.
Officers, with a search warrant took Andre D. Palmer, 25, of Fairburn, Ga. and Vanisha D. Carson, 25, of New Castle, into custody along with evidence linking the suspects two both crimes.
It was further determined that Carson was the driver of the Ford Taurus transporting Palmer and Vincent Stallings to both robberies.
Further investigation indicated that Stallings, 21, of Wilmington, was in possession of the handgun during the 7-11 robbery.
On Thursday, at around 3 a.m. detectives executed a search warrant at an apartment in the unit block of Court Drive, Lancaster Court Apartments, near Wilmington and found Stallings inside, where he was taken into custody without incident.
Carson and Palmer were charged late Wednesday evening. Stallings was charged Thursday morning.
They all three need to be shot and put out of there misery. They dont deserve to live. That man was a decent hard working human being who never bothered a single sole.
I hope Carson doesn’t get life or death