Nyden Holmes was an 18-year-old Black male who was shot and later died after gunfire erupted near 4th and Harrison Streets in Wilmington’s Hilltop neighborhood on August 12, 2021. Wilmington police arrived about 1:20 p.m. and found Holmes with gunshot wounds; he was alive when officers reached him and was taken to a hospital but did not survive.

Residents reported hearing several shots shortly before police arrived. Authorities treated the incident as a fatal shooting and sought public assistance; the Wilmington Police Department asked anyone with information to contact Detective Brian Conkey at 302-576-3660. Gun violence tracking records list Holmes as the person killed in that Wilmington incident on August 12, 2021. No suspect, arrest, charge, or conviction was identified in the reports available at the time.

If anyone knew Nyden or has information about the shooting, please contact the Wilmington Police Detective listed above.