Kelvin Leon Powers Jr., 30, was shot and killed inside Apartment 33 at William Penn Village Apartments, 7 Amstel Drive in New Castle, Delaware, on February 11, 2015. According to investigators, two armed, masked suspects confronted his girlfriend as she was leaving with her young son, then entered the unit and shot Powers multiple times. He was found inside the apartment with gunshot wounds and pronounced dead at the scene. Early reports misidentified the attack as a stabbing, but police later clarified that he had been shot. Witnesses reported someone in a ski mask and dark clothing running from the area.

Powers was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, attended William Penn High School, worked as a restaurant cook and helped with the family business, Powers Total Cleaning. He is survived by his parents Kelvin and Linda Powers, three sisters, a brother, three children and a stepdaughter; a funeral service was scheduled for February 19, 2015, at Ezion Fair Baptist Church in Wilmington. The case went cold, but detectives released surveillance footage on October 6, 2022, showing a distinctive Honda Civic leaving the complex after two masked suspects fled, and the department announced a standing cash reward. Detectives continued appealing for information; anyone with tips was asked to contact the New Castle County Police Criminal Investigations Unit or Cold Case Squad, or Delaware Crime Stoppers.

Does anyone who lived in or near William Penn Village in February 2015 remember seeing a Honda Civic or suspicious activity that morning?