Ismail Majid, a 17-year-old Black male, was fatally shot on the afternoon of November 8, 2016, in Claymont, Delaware. At about 1:25 p.m. New Castle County Police responded to the 200 block of Dewey Court in the Stoneybrook Apartments after reports of gunfire. Majid was found with a gunshot wound to his upper torso and was taken to A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children, where he died from his injuries.

The shooting occurred in daylight inside a residential apartment community. Police secured the scene and began a preliminary investigation, but initial announcements did not explain what led to the gunfire, whether Majid had been confronted beforehand, or whether the attack was targeted. Detectives treated the death as a homicide and asked for witnesses, but authorities did not release a description of a shooter, a getaway vehicle, or a motive. No reliable public announcement was found identifying a suspect, arrest, charge, trial, or conviction connected to Majid’s killing.

Who in the Claymont area remembers that afternoon or has information that could help clarify what happened at Dewey Court?