Tyrell Lewis, a 40-year-old Black/African American male, was killed late on Sunday night, September 26, 2021, after a shooting in Wilmington, Delaware. Online police and news sources identify him as being from Newark, and the shooting itself happened in the city of Wilmington, in the 2200 block of North Spruce Street.
The night unfolded around 10:16 to 10:17 p.m., when Wilmington police were called to North Spruce Street for a reported shooting.
When officers arrived, they found Lewis suffering from gunshot wounds. The scene quickly became a homicide investigation, as police said he had already succumbed to his injuries by the time he was located.
Publicly available details about what led up to the shooting are limited. The available reports do not describe whether Lewis was targeted, whether there was an argument beforehand, or whether more than one person may have been involved. The Wilmington Police Department later listed the case among its cold case investigations, describing it as the 2021 murder of Tyrell Lewis and stating that he had been shot and had died from his injuries.
No publicly available online source located reported an arrest, named a suspect, or identified any charges, trial, plea, or conviction connected to Lewis's killing. The case appears to have remained unsolved after the initial investigation, with Wilmington police continuing to ask for help from the public. Investigators encouraged anyone with information to contact the Wilmington Police Department, and the case was later highlighted by the department's Cold Case Unit as one still needing answers.
