Tajuane Helton, a 39-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in Wilmington, Delaware, on March 8, 2017. Police were called to the 900 block of Marshall Street for reports of shots fired and found Helton suffering from gunshot wounds after he had just parked and stepped out of a 2016 blue Jeep with a Pennsylvania plate. He was alive when help arrived but later died from his injuries.

The shooting occurred on the street as he exited his vehicle; investigators later classified the death as a homicide and the case became a cold case. In 2021 Wilmington police publicly renewed the appeal for information, asking witnesses or anyone with knowledge to contact the Cold Case Unit or Delaware Crime Stoppers. No arrest, suspect identification, trial, or conviction has been reported.

If anyone has information about that night on Marshall Street or Helton’s last movements, please come forward to investigators.