On the evening of April 14, 2015, 38-year-old Deshannon D. Reid was sitting on the front porch of his family home at 1 West 27th Street in Wilmington with his mother, Etta Reid, when a confrontation with Damian Thomas escalated into deadly gunfire. Witness accounts and later testimony described Thomas approaching, leaving, returning to whisper in Reid’s ear, and then engaging in an argument that moved toward Moore Street. At about 9:44 p.m. Thomas produced a firearm, shot Reid, then fired additional rounds after Reid fell; Reid died of his wounds on April 17, 2015.

Investigators used witness statements and surveillance video from nearby businesses and an apartment building to establish a timeline. Etta Reid and another witness, Leantaye Cassidy, identified Thomas as the shooter; a former cellmate testified that Thomas admitted retrieving a gun and shooting Reid after an apparent drug- or money-related dispute. Thomas fled the area, was located in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, in July 2016, and was later indicted and tried. A Wilmington jury found him guilty of first-degree murder and related firearm offenses, and he received life imprisonment plus additional time for the weapons counts.

Does anyone have information about that April 14, 2015 confrontation or the people who were on the corner near Market and 27th Streets that night?