By Associated Press - Saturday, March 25, 2017

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Jury selection is set to begin in the trial of a man charged in a fatal stabbing at a central downtown plaza in Wilmington.

Twenty-seven-year-old Calvin Hooker III is charged with first-degree murder and other crimes in the September 2015 killing of 27-year-old Thomas Cottingham.

The jury selection process in Hooker’ case is scheduled to begin Monday.



Authorities say Hooker confronted a 21-year-old woman walking with her infant daughter in a stroller, pulled a knife and chased her around a bus stop at Rodney Square.

Authorities say that as the woman tried to get on a bus, Cottingham intervened and was stabbed repeatedly.

Officers used a stun gun to subdue Hooker after he refused to drop the knife.

Police have said the attack appeared to be random.

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