James Jackson, a 23-year-old Black / African American male, was identified as the victim in a homicide investigation that began on July 9, 2021, after police in Trainer, Pennsylvania, found his body inside a vehicle in Delaware County. Officers had been called to the 1200 block of Langley Street around 7:30 after a report of a suspicious vehicle. What first drew attention to the car was a foul odor coming from the trunk, and after authorities obtained a search warrant, Jackson was found
inside.
The discovery in Pennsylvania soon led investigators back across state lines to Delaware. New Castle County police determined that Jackson's death was a homicide and that the killing was believed to have happened at a residence in the 1600 block of Coleman Street in the Alban Park community. The case took shape as detectives worked backward from the abandoned vehicle and the location where Jackson's body was left, connecting the death scene to the Delaware residence where they believed the fatal violence occurred.
Detectives identified 28-year-old Sean Tyler as the suspect. Arrest warrants were obtained for first-degree murder and related charges, and police described Tyler as armed and dangerous while they were still searching for him. The investigation moved quickly, and on July 16, 2021, Tyler was located and arrested by New York Police Department officers in Coney Island, New York. After his arrest, he was taken to a local NYPD precinct, where detectives from the New Castle County Division of Police Criminal Investigations Unit met with him.
Tyler was charged with felony murder in the first degree, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a person prohibited. Authorities said he was pending extradition back to Delaware to face the charges. Online source information located for this case detailed the arrest and charges, but did not provide a confirmed trial outcome, conviction, acquittal, plea, or sentencing information.
