Andrew Xavier Burgos, 27, was fatally shot the night of November 11, 2019, on the 1300 block of Chestnut Street in Wilmington’s Hedgeville neighborhood. Officers were dispatched shortly after 10:00 p.m. for reports of gunfire and found Burgos with a gunshot wound; emergency personnel attempted to help but his injuries proved fatal. Police publicly identified him two days later.

Burgos had been born in Wilmington, was living in New Castle at the time, attended school in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and worked as a skilled laborer with Local 199 — following a trade path he shared with his mother. Reports do not say what he was doing immediately before the shooting, whether he’d been approached, or whether witnesses saw a shooter or getaway vehicle. No motive, named suspect, arrest, charge, trial, or conviction has been publicly reported, and responsibility for the killing has not been established.

If anyone knew Andrew or has information about the shooting on Chestnut Street that night, please share what you know.