Man with violent criminal history on parole allegedly stabs teen to death: officials

A antheral antecedently convicted of a convulsive transgression is accused of sidesplitting a teen astatine a Walmart successful Georgia.

Officials successful Savannah, Georgia, said 48-year-old Delano Middleton stabbed J.T. Schroeder, 18, Oct. 23 astatine a Walmart. The 18-year-old was stabbed "during an altercation" astatine the Walmart location, the Chatham County Police Department wrote connected X. He died 4 days later.

Middleton was charged with execution successful the stabbing. According to WTOC, constabulary allege that Schroeder kicked Middleton's buying cart.

According to the outlet, Middleton stabbed a pistillate respective times 4 years ago.

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Delano Middleton allegedly killed an 18-year-old astatine a Walmart successful Georgia. (Chatham County Sheriff's Office)

Schroeder had dreams of becoming a merchant Marine and already had a sponsorship, according to his obituary.

"The satellite mislaid a beauteous psyche acold excessively soon," his obituary states. "JT loved radical profoundly and had a grin that could airy up immoderate room. His bosom was truthful large that helium had countless friends, each 1 feeling similar they were his favorite. He had a mode of making everyone consciousness seen and included, whether you were a lifelong person oregon idiosyncratic he’d conscionable met."

The 18-year-old donated organs aft his death, according to the obituary, and gave "the acquisition of beingness to 7 families."

Criminal past

On Oct. 22, 2021, Erica Young said, Middleton walked into the U-Haul store she was moving astatine and stole keys that were down the desk. Then, helium went extracurricular wherever helium planned connected taking a truck, WTOC reported.

Middleton past stabbed Young successful the tummy and caput respective times successful an onslaught she said was unprovoked, according to the outlet.

"When I was connected the ground, helium told maine that helium wanted to ticker maine bleed out," Young said. "I’ve ne'er met him earlier that day, ne'er had immoderate interaction with him."

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J.T. Schroeder was 18 erstwhile helium died. (Facebook/Brittany Dell Orco)

In December 2023, Middleton took a negotiated plea deal, pleading blameworthy to aggravated assault. As portion of the deal, Middleton spent 2 years successful situation followed by 8 years of probation.

Young said the punishment was excessively lenient and lone encouraged him to beryllium convulsive successful the future.

"Honestly, this is my existent sentiment connected it," Young said. "He got distant with the stabbing of me, truthful helium thought helium could get distant with it again."

The stabbing unfortunate said Schroeder's decease made her privation she had fought for a harsher sentence.

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Walmart successful Savannah, Ga. (Google Maps)

"I’m truthful atrocious for their loss," Young said. "It made maine privation I fought more. Then helium wouldn’t person been capable to get retired of the streets. But I person 2 kids, truthful I fled. We packed up our full house."

Middleton is being held connected nary enslaved astatine the Chatham County Jail.