Jason E. Mills was 23 when he was killed by gunfire near Dover on Thursday, February 25, 2016. Mills, a Black man from Seaford born May 27, 1992, was in the Capital Park neighborhood outside Dover when shots rang out in the area of 242 South Governor’s Boulevard. He was struck multiple times; shell casings were found in a nearby yard. Instead of being taken by ambulance, Mills was placed in a private vehicle and driven to Kent General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Delaware State Police homicide detectives and evidence technicians collected the shell casings and reconstructed the scene. The Delaware Division of Forensic Science determined Mills died of multiple gunshot wounds and classified his death as a homicide. Official accounts do not describe a motive, the type of firearm, how the shooting began, how many people were involved or whether other evidence was recovered.

No suspect has been publicly named, and no arrest or charges have been announced. The Delaware State Police list the case as unsolved under case number 03-16-011612. If anyone witnessed the shooting, heard gunfire that night, or has information that could help, please share what is known with investigators.