On August 6, 2009, 28-year-old Stephon Phillips was found fatally shot in Wilmington’s Hedgeville neighborhood. Police were called to the 600 block of South Connell Street around 12:30 a.m. and discovered Phillips with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. His killing was the city’s second homicide that week.

Phillips’ death occurred amid a wave of gun violence in Wilmington that year: police reported 107 shooting incidents involving 128 victims and 14 fatalities in 2009, with many incidents concentrated in neighborhoods like Hedgeville. Despite law enforcement efforts, Phillips’ case is among several unsolved homicides the Delaware State Police list, leaving his family and community without closure.

If anyone has information about Stephon Phillips, his movements that night, or the 600 block of South Connell Street around 12:30 a.m., please come forward.