Jermaine Scott, a 29-year-old Black man from Dover, Delaware, was fatally shot in the early hours of Christmas Day, December 25, 2020. Officers were alerted at about 2:13 a.m. when a gunshot victim arrived at Bayhealth Kent General Hospital by private vehicle; Scott had been taken away from the scene before police encountered him and died from his injuries after arriving.

The shooting appeared to have occurred in the area of Town Pointe Apartments at 820 Carvel Drive, but police released few details immediately afterward and initially described the victim only as a Dover man in his late twenties while next of kin were notified. In the days after the killing, authorities said they were withholding further information for investigative reasons and did not describe a motive or whether Scott was targeted or involved in a confrontation.

Dover Police continued to search for a suspect or suspects and asked anyone with information to contact them or submit a tip through Delaware Crime Stoppers; no arrest or public charging information has been reported. Did anyone in the Town Pointe Apartments area on Carvel Drive that night see or hear anything that could help investigators?