Elijah Kellum was 15 when he was killed on the night of April 14, 2024, after gunfire erupted near South Governors Avenue and West Reed Street in Dover, Delaware. Police say a call came in about 8:33 p.m.; officers found Elijah suffering from gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead at the scene. What began as an evening walk through the neighborhood became a homicide investigation.

Authorities described the attack as an ambush by a group of suspects who fired multiple shots. Public reports identified 19-year-old Breshawn Best of Dover as one person alleged to be responsible; he was taken into custody without incident and charged with first-degree murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, possession of ammunition by a person prohibited, carrying a concealed deadly weapon, and first-degree conspiracy. He was committed on $1,086,000 cash bail. The reports did not show a trial outcome or conviction.

Police and reports linked Elijah’s death to an earlier fatal shooting that same day near Irish Mike’s on West Loockerman Street, suggesting Elijah’s killing was retaliatory. While multiple suspects were described, only Best was publicly named in connection with this case. If anyone knew Elijah or has information about the shooting, please come forward to investigators.