NJ Man Dies On Valentine's Day In Ex-Girlfriend Confrontation: SP

A New Jersey man has died after a Valentine's Day confrontation with his ex-girlfriend, police said.

The victim, 24-year-old Donte Demunguia of Absecon, was transported to the Milford, Del. Hospital where he was pronounced deceased after the Thursday shooting, police said.

The incident happened on Valentine's Day at approximately 11:40 p.m., when the Harrington, Del. Police Department responded to an apartment on the 8700 block of Park Brown Road.

Upon arrival, Demunguia was located at the bottom of the interior staircase suffering from a gunshot wound to his torso, police said.

Further investigation into the incident revealed that Demunguia's 24-year-old ex-girlfriend, a resident of the apartment, was home at the time with an acquaintance, later identified as 25-year-old Devon Emfinger of Aberdeen, Md., police said.

The confrontation began when the ex-girlfriend and Emfinger were on the second floor of the apartment and they heard someone enter the front door. The female resident went downstairs when she was confronted with her ex-boyfriend, Demunguia, police said.

Demunguia proceeded up the stairs when he was subsequently shot in the torso. The woman resident was not injured.

On Friday, Emfinger turned himself in at Troop 3 where he was charged with reckless endangering and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. He was arraigned before the Justice of the Peace Court 3 and received a $22,500.00 secured bond.

This case continues to remain under investigation by the Delaware State Police Homicide Unit.

This is a developing story. Patch will provide more details as they come in.

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