Corey J. Butler was 21 when he died on August 7, 2015, from medical complications tied to a single gunshot wound he suffered more than two years earlier. Delaware State Police trace the shooting to Sunday, February 3, 2013, at 12119 Ryan Lane in the Peaceful Acres community of Bridgeville. The shot left Butler paralyzed; he survived about two and a half years after the attack before dying from injuries linked to that 2013 wound.

Publicly released information about the case is sparse. Authorities have not provided a motive, described the shooter, or said whether Butler knew the person who fired the shot. No named suspect, arrest, or criminal charge has been publicly documented, and the Delaware State Police list the matter as an unsolved cold-case homicide (case number 05-13-005726).

Was anyone in the Peaceful Acres area on February 3, 2013, or afterward aware of circumstances that could help identify who shot Butler?