Marquise Holmes, a 20-year-old Black / African American male, was shot in Wilmington, Delaware, on the night of August 14, 2021. Police said the shooting happened at about 8:49 p.m. in the 2700 block of Bowers Street, where officers found Holmes suffering from gunshot wounds. He was still alive when help arrived, and he was taken to a hospital in critical condition, but he later died from his injuries.
The first reports described the victim only as a 20-year-old man who had been wounded
in the Saturday night shooting. By the next day, police confirmed that he had succumbed to his injuries, and on August 16, 2021, authorities identified him as Marquise Holmes. Funeral and memorial information listed him as Marquise Moody Holmes, born May 22, 2001, in Newark, Delaware, and stated that he died on August 14, 2021, at Christiana Hospital.
The public details released in the immediate aftermath were limited. Wilmington Police described the case as an active shooting investigation and asked anyone with information to contact Detective Kevin Nolan or Detective Briana Rodrigues. Available online reports do not describe what led up to the gunfire, whether Holmes was targeted, whether anyone else was present at the scene, or whether investigators had identified a motive.
No publicly available online source located reported an arrest, named a suspect, or described charges, a trial, or a conviction in connection with Holmes’ killing. The case was presented in the available reports as an ongoing investigation, with police continuing to seek information from the public rather than announcing that a suspect had been taken into custody.
