Katelyn Mae Nance, a 35-year-old White/Caucasian female from Wilmington, Delaware, died after a late-night shooting on August 2, 2023. The shooting happened on Wilmington's East Side in the area of 10th and Bennett Streets, where police were called just before 10:40 p.m. after reports of gunfire. When officers arrived, they found Nance suffering from gunshot wounds, turning an ordinary summer night into the scene of a homicide investigation.
Nance was taken from the scene to Christiana
Hospital, but she did not survive her injuries. Authorities later identified her as the woman killed in the shooting. Funeral and memorial information described her as someone who had been homeschooled, loved her cats, enjoyed playing computer games, and was remembered as sweet and kind. She was also described as having been preceded in death by her parents, Deborah and Jim Nance, and survived by relatives including her brother, Tyler Nance, and her boyfriend, Kenneth Hunter.
Publicly available reporting and police-related information reviewed did not identify a suspect, motive, or arrest connected to Nance's death. The available accounts describe the case as an active or unresolved Wilmington shooting investigation rather than one that led to announced charges, trial proceedings, or a conviction. No publicly available source located for this synopsis provided details indicating that anyone had been arrested for killing Katelyn Nance.
