Brian Brooks, a 29-year-old Black man from Wilmington, Delaware, was shot on the night of April 25, 2017. Around 9:15 p.m. multiple 911 callers reported gunfire in the 900 block of Maryland Avenue and the city’s ShotSpotter system also alerted police. Officers found Brooks collapsed on the porch of a residence with a gunshot wound to his upper chest or torso.

New Castle County paramedics performed CPR and rushed him to Christiana Hospital, but he died of his injuries, and the incident was investigated as a homicide. Brooks’s death came just days before what would have been his thirtieth birthday.

If anyone saw activity in the 900 block of Maryland Avenue that night or has information about who shot Brian, please share what you know.