On the night of July 24, 2010, Wilmington police responded to a shooting on the 1000 block of West 6th Street. Officers found 29-year-old Jose Anthony Hernandez suffering from gunshot wounds; he was taken for medical treatment but died the next day, July 25, 2010. The death is recorded as a homicide.

Family and neighbors remembered Hernandez as a cheerful, respectful man and a devoted father who was last seen playing with his children. Tributes described him as warm and humorous, and his loss left a deep mark on the neighborhood and childhood friends who grew up with him.

There is no information confirming any arrests or identified suspects, and the shooting remains listed among Wilmington’s cold cases. Anyone with information about what happened that night is asked to contact the Wilmington Police Department.