Synai Smith, 18, a Black/African American male, was shot late on the afternoon of October 23, 2021, in Wilmington, Delaware. Officers were called to the 200 block of West 30th Street just before 5 p.m., where they found him suffering from gunshot wounds. He was rushed to a hospital and pronounced dead shortly after. Initial local reporting from that day described the attack as a close-range shooting on the block, capturing the shock of residents who watched a routine Saturday turn into a crime s
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