Sameir J. Handy was a 25-year-old Black man from Wilmington who was shot inside a residence in the 1000 block of North Pine Street on February 26, 2016. Police found Handy with a gunshot wound to the chest at about 6:45 p.m.; he was treated at the scene and taken to Christiana Hospital, where he died. He left two children, Synceir Handy and Wa’Seem Martinez, his parents Katina Handy and Craig Kelson, a grandmother, siblings, and other relatives and friends.

Investigators arrested 19-year-old Adam Jablonski of New Castle on March 3, 2016, while he was jailed on an unrelated matter and charged with criminally negligent homicide, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a person prohibited. Jablonski pleaded guilty on September 28, 2016, to criminally negligent homicide and possession by a person prohibited; the plea and records do not describe how the gun was handled or what led to the discharge. The court imposed layered sentences in March 2017 that left much of the prison time suspended, and later resentenced Jablonski after a probation violation on July 25, 2019. A 2020 request to further reduce his confinement was denied.

Does anyone have information about the shooting or about Handy’s life in Wilmington that could help clarify what happened that night?