Ryan B. Schneese was 21 when he was shot on the evening of March 11, 2016, on the 600 block of Taylor Street in Wilmington. Police found him on the sidewalk with gunshot wounds to his upper torso at about 6:11 p.m.; he was stabilized and taken to Christiana Hospital but died of his injuries on March 31. An autopsy classified the death as a homicide.

Ryan grew up in the Wilmington area, was born in Abington, Pennsylvania, and graduated from A.I. DuPont High School in 2013. He had ties to the Fraims Boys & Girls Club, West End Neighborhood House, and St. Ann’s Renew Groups, and was remembered for his interest in basketball and time with family and friends.

Investigators later developed Sha’mir Sudler (also rendered in court records as Suder) as a suspect. In February 2019 a grand jury returned an indictment charging attempted first-degree murder and related firearm offenses; the prosecution ultimately resolved in July and November 2019 with guilty pleas to first-degree assault and a firearm count and a substantial prison sentence on those convictions. No separate murder conviction for Ryan’s death appears in the court record.

If anyone knew Ryan or remembers the incident on Taylor Street that evening, please share what you know.