In the early morning hours of November 24, 2014, a shooting at the Park Royal Apartments, 501 Palmer Street in Milton, Delaware, left 20-year-old Rogelio Chico Martinez Hernandez dead and his 14-year-old brother critically wounded. The brothers were seated together inside a parked vehicle in the complex’s parking lot when gunfire erupted; both were found with gunshot wounds and taken to a nearby hospital. Rogelio was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. The younger brother survived but was left paralyzed and unable to speak.

The Delaware State Police Homicide Unit handled the investigation, with Detective Jon King identified as an investigator on the case. The case remains listed among the state police cold cases under number 07-14-073744, and no arrest or charge is documented in the public cold-case information.

Whoever has information about that night is asked to contact the Delaware State Police Cold Case Unit at 302-739-5939.