Markevis Clark

Markevis Clark was a 32-year-old Black/African American man from Wilmington, Delaware. Those who knew him remembered him as "the world's funniest man" and a father. He was known to some by the nickname "Rich homie quan" and had worked at Checkers. His life was cut short by gun violence in the summer of 2015.

On the night of August 15, 2015, Wilmington Police officers on patrol heard the sound of gunshots. Around 11:20 p.m., reports came in about a shooting in the 800 block of Vandever Avenue. When police arrived, they found Markevis Clark lying unresponsive on the street with a gunshot wound to his head. Officers administered life-saving measures until paramedics arrived and transported him to Wilmington Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. It was later reported that the shooting occurred after a brief argument.

The investigation quickly focused on a suspect. Just a few days after the killing, Wilmington Police publicly named Hakiem Anderson as the man they were looking for and issued a warrant for his arrest. The search ended in September 2015, when Anderson turned himself in to authorities and was arrested without incident. In December 2015, a grand jury indicted Anderson, then 31, on charges of first-degree murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a person prohibited. Anderson was barred from having a gun because of previous convictions for drug and assault offenses.

The case proceeded to trial in Superior Court. In July 2017, a jury convicted Hakiem Anderson on all charges for the murder of Markevis Clark. That December, a judge sentenced Anderson, then 33, to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Following the conviction, Attorney General Matt Denn stated, “The diligent work of the Department of Justice and Wilmington Police have combined to take a cold-blooded killer off the streets.” The case was officially closed as of Anderson's sentencing in December 2017.