Tymeer (also spelled Tymere) Bailey, a 25-year-old Black man from New Castle, Delaware, was shot dead in the Surratte Park area of the Dunleith community on the evening of April 25, 2016. Residents near Robinson Drive and Bethune Drive reported hearing gunfire; witnesses saw several people running from the park. Officers found Bailey lying in the park with a gunshot wound to his upper body and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Funeral services were held May 6, 2016, at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Wilmington, followed by burial at Gracelawn Memorial Park. Detectives canvassed the neighborhood after the shooting but the initial release did not name a weapon, a motive, or any suspect, and police did not publicly provide descriptions of the people seen fleeing the area.

The case remains an open homicide cold case seeking information from anyone who saw or heard what happened.