Collins Sarpee, a 24-year-old Black man, was shot the afternoon of March 16, 2022, in the 600 block of North Jefferson Street in Wilmington, Delaware. Police arrived about 2:00 p.m.; officers found him wounded and he was taken to a hospital in critical condition and later died from his injuries. Initial local reports described two separate shootings within about ninety minutes that day, with the Jefferson Street attack leaving Sarpee gravely wounded before authorities later confirmed his death.

In May 2022 authorities characterized the killing as a valid justification defense; police did not announce an arrest or identify anyone to be charged in connection with Sarpee’s death. If anyone knew Collins, saw activity on North Jefferson Street that afternoon, or has information about the shooting, please come forward.