Davahne Davis, a 28-year-old Black male from Philadelphia, was shot on the afternoon of February 20, 2024, in Wilmington’s East Side. The shooting was reported about 4:34 p.m. in the 600 block of East 8th Street. Police found Davis with gunshot wounds; he was taken to a hospital in critical condition and later died of his injuries. Detectives treated the incident as a homicide and Detective Derek Haines was assigned to the Criminal Investigation Division’s inquiry. Early reports did not describe a motive or what led to the shooting.

Investigators later identified 27-year-old Nazier Johnson as a suspect, obtained arrest warrants, and executed a search warrant at a Chester, Pennsylvania address on March 7, 2024, taking Johnson into custody and recovering a loaded .357-caliber handgun. Johnson was extradited to Delaware on March 15, 2024, and charged with first-degree murder and multiple firearms offenses; he was committed on $1,000,000 cash-only bail.

Did anyone in the Wilmington East Side area see or hear anything around East 8th Street on the afternoon of February 20?