Sherman Pride, known as Sher, was 22 when he was shot on the night of May 18, 2017, in Wilmington’s Riverside neighborhood. At about 9:00 p.m. ShotSpotter alerts and multiple 911 calls brought officers to the 2400 block of North Claymont Street, where they found Pride with a life-threatening gunshot wound. He was rushed to a hospital in extremely critical condition and later died of his injuries, after which police identified him and treated the case as a homicide.

Pride’s mother, Twanda Finney, said he was gunned down and asked the community for help providing a proper funeral. He left behind a four-year-old daughter and a baby girl who had not yet been born. Tributes described him as loving, caring, humorous and devoted to family and friends.

Early public reports did not identify a shooter, motive, a fleeing person, vehicle, or weapon, and no arrest or person of interest was announced. The family continued to describe the murder as unsolved. If anyone knew Sherman, was in Riverside that night, or has information about what happened on North Claymont Street, please share what is known.