Raquis Q. Deburnure was a 16-year-old Black male who was fatally shot in Wilmington, Delaware, on May 31, 2018. Police found him on the unit block of East 23rd Street with multiple gunshot wounds to the arm, leg, and head. He was taken to Christiana Hospital but died shortly after arrival. His death was recorded as Wilmington’s eighth gun homicide of 2018 and occurred during a violent stretch in the neighborhood when four people reportedly died within a single week.

Photos and memorial messages remembered Raquis for a broad, squinting smile and described him as loving, caring, honest, and respectful. The killing deepened an already devastating pattern of loss for his family: his grandfather, Arthur L. Rollins, had earlier buried three grandchildren killed by gunfire, and Raquis’s half-brother, Rashaad Wisher, would be killed a few blocks away later that summer. The accounts do not explain what led to the shooting, who may have targeted him, how many shooters were involved, or whether a weapon or other identifying evidence was recovered. Authorities have not named a suspect or released a description of anyone believed responsible, and no arrest or criminal charge has been reported.

The Wilmington Police Department lists Raquis’s killing as an unsolved cold case and says the investigation remains active. Does anyone who knew Raquis or who was in the East 23rd Street area on May 31, 2018, have information that could help investigators?