Quiaire J. Nesmith was a 20-year-old Black man from Wilmington who died after being shot in the head near Sixth and North Broom streets on June 25, 2015. The shooting occurred around midnight on a block where a Delmarva utility crew was working on emergency gas line repairs; Nesmith was taken to Christiana Hospital in critical condition and later died of his injuries. Early police action included taking one person into custody for questioning and asking the public for help, though no names or charges were initially announced.

Prosecutors later described the incident as a robbery staged to look like a marijuana purchase. Levi Blaylock was identified as responsible; in September 2016 he pleaded guilty to manslaughter, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and second-degree robbery. The Delaware Department of Justice announced the plea on October 14, 2016, and reported Blaylock faced a possible maximum of 55 years. A March 10, 2017 announcement said Blaylock received a 20-year sentence, plus six months of home confinement or work release and 18 months probation. Nesmith’s family remembered his love of music, basketball, and his sense of humor; his funeral was scheduled for July 10, 2015, at Ezion Fair Baptist Church.

Did anyone who knew Quiaire or was in that neighborhood on June 25 have information that might still help complete the picture of that night?