Rajohn Hardaway, a 28-year-old Black man, was shot and killed in the late afternoon of June 2, 2021, in the Belvedere-area community of Cedar Heights in New Castle County, Delaware. Officers responding to a report of a shooting on the 300 block of Cedar Avenue found Hardaway with a gunshot wound to his upper body. Police and medics attempted aid, but after consulting with a physician at Christiana Hospital, he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Detectives from the New Castle County Division of Police Criminal Investigations Unit opened a homicide investigation. Investigators said they believed numerous eyewitnesses were present, but publicly noted that witnesses were not coming forward with information to identify or apprehend the person or people responsible.

Hardaway’s death was noted on memorial and obituary pages linking him to the June 2, 2021, Belvedere shooting. Anyone with information or video from the area is asked to contact Detective DiNardo or the New Castle County Division of Police.