Demier Edward Chambers, 28, was shot the evening of March 16, 2021, on the 700 block of North Washington Street in Wilmington’s Quaker Hill neighborhood. Police were dispatched at about 8:34 p.m.; officers found Chambers with gunshot wounds and he was taken to a hospital alive but later died of his injuries. His obituary names him as a husband, father, son, grandson, brother, and construction laborer; it gives his birthdate as August 20, 1992, in Newark, Delaware.

The Wilmington Police Department assigned the case to Detective Brianna Rodrigues in the Criminal Investigations Division. Investigators identified 21-year-old Treasure Parsons as a suspect, executed a search warrant, and took Parsons into custody on April 15, 2021, with assistance from the Crisis Management Tactical Team. Parsons was charged with first-degree murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, possession of a firearm by a person prohibited, and first-degree conspiracy, and was held on $2,005,000 cash-only bail.

If anyone has information about that night or knew Demier Chambers, please share what is known with Wilmington Police.