Sylvester Lee, a 41-year-old Black man from Clayton, Delaware, was fatally shot on the night of June 22, 2018, outside the Liberty Court Apartments at 1289 Walker Road in Dover. Officers arrived about 9:41 p.m. to find Lee on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds to his torso; he was rushed to Bayhealth Kent General Hospital but was pronounced dead at approximately 10:15 p.m.

Detectives say the shooting followed a verbal argument between Lee and another man as the two walked toward Lee’s vehicle. Investigators identified 42-year-old Timothy Safford as the suspected shooter; police allege Safford produced a firearm and shot Lee. A warrant charging first-degree murder and related firearms offenses was issued on June 29, 2018, and Safford was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force in Washington, D.C., on July 30, 2018, then returned to Delaware and formally charged on August 24, 2018.

Anyone with information about Lee, his last movements that night, or the incident is asked to come forward.