Tommy Ramos, a 20-year-old Hispanic/Latino male also identified in obituary records as Tommy Joshua Ramos Torres, died on November 23, 2021, after a late-night shooting in Wilmington, Delaware. He was from Dover and had grown up in the Dover area after being born in Bayshore, New York. Those who knew him remembered him as a young man who liked cars, rooted for the New York Giants, enjoyed life, and carried the spirit of someone still young at heart.
The shooting unfolded shortly after
11:00 p.m. in Wilmington's Southbridge neighborhood, around Peach Street and the area of New Castle Avenue/South Heald Street. Wilmington police responded after reports of gunfire and found Ramos suffering from gunshot wounds. One report described him as being inside a car that had crashed onto the sidewalk, with a neighbor saying another person may have been in the vehicle. The crash left visible damage nearby, including broken concrete steps and what appeared to be part of a car bumper in the rubble.
A neighbor later described the moments before police arrived as confusing and eerie. She said she and a friend heard what sounded like a motorcycle engine revving for several minutes, a noise that did not immediately alarm them because motorcycles were common on the block. Then came a single pop, followed by silence. By the next morning, signs of the emergency response still remained near the scene, including medical gloves and blood in the street, suggesting that paramedics or first responders had tried to save Ramos after the shooting.
Ramos did not survive his injuries. Some reports said he died at the scene, while police reporting also stated that he succumbed to his wounds after being found shot. His death added to a grim year for Wilmington, where gun violence had already reached a deadly milestone by late November 2021.
Police said the case remained under investigation after Ramos was identified, and investigators asked the public for help. Available public reports do not identify any suspect or suspects, and no public online source located for this synopsis reported an arrest, charges, trial, or conviction in connection with his killing.
