Barry Best, a 50-year-old Black man from Dover, Delaware, was fatally shot on Monday, September 30, 2024, in the unit block of South Governors Avenue. The shooting occurred about 3:46 p.m.; officers arriving on scene found Best with several gunshot wounds to his upper body. He was taken to a local hospital and then airlifted to Christiana Hospital, where he died from his injuries.

Investigators initially treated the incident as a homicide and later identified 21-year-old Alexander Singletary of Smyrna as the suspect believed responsible for the shooting. On October 2, 2024, the Dover Police Special Operations Response Team executed a search warrant at a residence on the 400 block of New Castle Avenue; Singletary was taken into custody without incident, and police reported finding two handguns inside the residence. An 18-year-old, Jaylan Koroma of Dover, was also detained during the same operation; authorities said Koroma’s detention was not related to Best’s homicide.

Singletary was arraigned on charges including first-degree murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and three counts of possession of a firearm by a person prohibited, and was committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on $1,060,000 cash bail. Koroma was charged with non-compliance with bond and committed on $2,000 secured bail. Both defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.

Does anyone have information about activity on South Governors Avenue around 3:46 p.m. on September 30, 2024?