Rashod Faison, a 15-year-old Black male from New Castle, Delaware, was killed on the evening of February 10, 2023, after gunfire brought police to the Hampton Green Townhouses community. At about 5:58 p.m., officers from the New Castle County Division of Police and nearby agencies responded to the unit block of Deen Street for a reported shooting. Inside a residence, they found Rashod suffering from a gunshot wound to his upper body.
He died from those injuries.
The case unfolded in a residential setting, with police arriving to find a teenager mortally wounded inside the home rather than outside in the street. Authorities later publicly identified him as the person who died in the shooting, and memorial information lists him as Rashod Troy Faison, born January 2, 2008, and deceased February 10, 2023. Online memorial pages and gun violence remembrance listings also connect his death to New Castle, Delaware, on that date.
Police reported that a 16-year-old suspect was apprehended near the scene shortly after the shooting. Because the suspect was a juvenile, online law-enforcement releases did not publicly name the person. The suspect was charged with manslaughter, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a person under 21.
The publicly available police information did not describe a motive, the relationship between Rashod and the suspect, or the exact circumstances that led to the gun being fired inside the residence. The New Castle County Division of Police described the matter as an active and ongoing investigation by its Criminal Investigations Unit and asked anyone with information to contact investigators. Online sources reviewed did not show publicly reported trial results, conviction details, or sentencing information tied to the juvenile suspect.
