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DENNIS – Shortly after 5:00 PM today, the Dennis Police Department, with assistance from the Harwich Police Department and the Barnstable County Regional SWAT Team, arrested an individual who was allegedly involved in a shooting incident. A portion of Great Western Road near Depot Street was temporarily closed during the initial traffic stop. A short time later, a Barnstable County Sheriff’s K-9 unit was called in to conduct a ballistics search off Setucket Road.
As of 6:00 PM, the incident has been cleared and the roadway has been reopened.
Update from Dennis Police: On August 13 at approximately 9:05 PM, a 9-1-1 call came into the Dennis Police Department reporting the sound of a loud bang followed by a male party crying and limping in the parking lot of the Pier 134 Commons on Rt. 134 in South Dennis.
Upon arrival, Officers learned that a male party had been shot in the leg and he was being transported to Cape Cod Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. Over the course of the investigation it was determined that the shooting was intentional and the male party was shot by a relative.
On August 14 at approximately 4:45 PM, Detectives from the Dennis Police Department took Anthony Alan Delman-Edwards, 37, into custody with the assistance of the Harwich Police Department and the Regional Cape & Islands SWAT team. Delman-Edwards was charged with A&B with Dangerous Weapon Causing Serious Bodily Injury, Discharge of a Firearm within 500 ft of a Building, Carrying a Loaded Firearm Without a License, and Firearms Violation with Two Prior Violent/Drug crimes.
Delman-Edwards was arraigned in Orleans District Court this morning and will be held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing on August 19. The Dennis Police Department would like to assure the public that this incident was not random and there is no additional threat to the safety of our community.
