Maurice Harrigan, a 37-year-old Black/African American male, was shot in Wilmington, Delaware, on Monday evening, December 6, 2021. The shooting was reported at about 7:51 p.m. in the unit block of East 27th Street, near Wilmington's Price Run community. When police arrived, they found Harrigan suffering from gunshot wounds, turning what began as an ordinary winter night into the scene of a fatal investigation.
Harrigan was still alive when officers found him, and he was taken to a
hospital for emergency treatment. His injuries were too severe, and he later died from the gunshot wounds. Public memorial information also lists him as lost to gun violence on December 6, 2021, in Wilmington, Delaware, and community posts remembered him by nicknames including Tubby, Los, and Loso.
In the immediate aftermath, Wilmington Police treated the case as a fatal shooting investigation and asked the public for help. Detective Steven Bender was identified as the investigator seeking information from anyone who knew what happened or who may have seen something connected to the shooting.
Available online reports did not identify a suspect, name any person of interest, or describe a motive in Harrigan's killing. No public arrest, charging, trial, plea, or conviction information was found in the available online sources reviewed for this synopsis. The case was left publicly described as an active investigation, with police relying on tips from the community to help determine who shot Maurice Harrigan and why.
