Quentin Naquan ’Que’ Rutherford, 22, was killed in an early-morning shooting in Middletown on December 13, 2020. Reports place the incident near East Lake Street and Jefferson Street. He was born January 8, 1998, in Brooklyn, New York, and lived in Middletown; his parents are Carey D. Rutherford and Lorene M. Cochran.

Local coverage linked his death to a violent stretch in Delaware that included multiple shootings over several days.

Rutherford’s death is remembered in online memorial pages and local references; few public updates about the investigation appear alongside those remembrances. If anyone has information about the shooting near East Lake and Jefferson Streets before dawn on December 13, 2020, please come forward.