Zaire Davis-Shelton, a 22-year-old Black man, was shot on the morning of March 17, 2025, in the unit block of West 27th Street in Wilmington, Delaware. Responding officers arrived after reports of gunfire around 9:45 a.m.; Elsmere Fire Company A16 and New Castle County Paramedics rendered aid and he was taken to a local trauma center, where he died later that morning.

Detectives opened an investigation but have not announced any arrests or identified suspects. The police are asking anyone with information to contact Detective Derek Haines or to submit anonymous tips through Delaware Crime Stoppers. The shooting occurred on the same block where his brother was fatally shot years earlier, a detail that has intensified the community’s grief.

Does anyone have information about that area or the events around West 27th Street that morning?