Damond Z. Emory, a 24-year-old Black / African American male, died in Wilmington, Delaware, on January 29, 2021. Online memorial and obituary records identify him as born on September 6, 1996, and passing away on January 29, 2021, with funeral services held in Wilmington in early February 2021 and burial at Gracelawn Memorial Park in New Castle.
The available online reporting describes Emory’s death as a fatal shooting in Wilmington’s East Side area. A public gun-violence memorial entry lists him as lost to gun violence on January 29, 2021, in Wilmington, and points to a same-day News Journal report about a 24-year-old man killed in Wilmington’s East Side on Friday night, along with a Gun Violence Archive entry. The case was later described in online source listings as an East Side shooting in which the man killed was identified as Damond Emory.
The details available from open online sources are limited, but the story that emerges is of a young man whose life ended suddenly in the city where he lived and where his family gathered afterward to mourn him. His memorial page includes remembrances from loved ones and community members, describing grief from relatives and friends after his death. Those posts portray Emory not as a statistic, but as someone remembered by family, friends, and people who continued to return to his page to light candles and leave messages after the shooting.
No reliable online source located in the search results identified a named suspect, arrest, criminal charge, trial, or conviction connected to Damond Emory’s killing. The public information available points to a fatal shooting investigation, but it does not provide a confirmed suspect narrative or court outcome. Based on the accessible online sources, the case appears to have no publicly documented arrest or prosecution tied to Emory’s death.
