Cleve Wright Sr, a 45-year-old man was shot and killed in Wilmington, Delaware, on the night of Sunday, November 23, 2025. According to local coverage, Wilmington police were dispatched at about 9 p.m. to the area of East 23rd and Carter Streets, in the city’s Price Run neighborhood, for reports of a shooting. When officers arrived, they found Wright suffering from at least one gunshot wound, and he was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after their arrival.
The killing occurred on a night when Wilmington police were dealing with multiple shootings. Earlier that evening, around 5:29 p.m., officers had responded to a separate incident on the 2600 block of North Harrison Street, where a 21-year-old man was shot and later listed in stable condition at a local hospital. News outlets reported that the two shootings were being investigated as separate incidents, underscoring a particularly violent Sunday for the city and drawing renewed attention to ongoing concerns about gun violence in Wilmington.
Police identified the homicide victim the next day as Cleve Wright Sr and announced that detectives from the department’s Criminal Investigations Division were leading the case. Authorities issued a public appeal for information, asking anyone with knowledge of the shooting to contact Detective Kevin Nolan or submit tips anonymously through Delaware Crime Stoppers, signaling that investigators were still working to piece together what led up to the gunfire at East 23rd and Carter Streets. As of the initial reports from both local and regional media, the shooting remained under active investigation, and no arrests or named suspects had been publicly announced.
Wright’s death has also been noted in broader tracking of gun violence. A listing on the National Gun Violence Memorial records his name, age, and the date and city of his killing, and indicates that dozens of virtual candles have been lit in his memory by people visiting the page. That memorial entry links to multiple news sources documenting the case and places his name among other 2025 homicide victims in Wilmington, reflecting how his killing is part of a larger pattern of fatal shootings affecting the community there.
