Zyitae Sentel Britt was 20 when he was found dead in Newark, Delaware on February 12, 2021. Officers responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle parked in the roadway in the Brookside community discovered a red sedan with two young men inside; both Britt and 19-year-old Elijah Covington had suffered gunshot wounds. Authorities described the deaths as homicides and detectives from the New Castle County Division of Police Criminal Investigations Unit took over the investigation.

Police said officers were dispatched about 6:55 a.m. and asked anyone with information or video connected to the scene in the unit block or area of Carlisle Road to contact Detective Kevin Mackie or the New Castle County Division of Police. As of February 2024 the New Castle County Division of Police Cold Case Squad continued to treat the double killing as an active cold case; no arrests or named suspects had been publicly reported. If anyone knew these men or has information about that morning on Carlisle Road, please come forward.