Cornelius Wright, a 37-year-old Black man, was shot on the evening of December 31, 2019, in New Castle, Delaware. Patrol officers were dispatched about 6:49 p.m. to the unit block of Willings Way in the Ashton Condominiums after a report of a shooting. Officers found Wright inside a parked car with multiple gunshot wounds. He was alive when first responders arrived and was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries, but was later pronounced deceased.

Detectives from the New Castle County Criminal Investigation Unit’s Homicide Squad took over the case. Police publicly asked for help and any video connected to the shooting; investigators emphasized the location, the New Year’s Eve timing, and that Wright had been found wounded in a parked vehicle. The investigation led to the identification of Ervin Christy, Jr., of Chestertown, Maryland, and a New Castle County grand jury indicted him on February 3, 2020, on charges including Murder First Degree, Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, Attempted Robbery First Degree, Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited, and Conspiracy Second Degree. Christy was arrested February 6, 2020, in Philadelphia and was held without bail pending extradition to Delaware.

If anyone saw activity at the Ashton Condominiums on December 31, 2019, or has video or other information, please share what is known with detectives.