Alexis Del Coco, a 19-year-old White/Caucasian female, was killed in Wilmington, Delaware, on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, after a morning shooting in the Edgemoor area. The violence unfolded around Rysing Drive, where New Castle County police responded to reports that someone had been shot. When officers arrived, they found that two young people had been struck by gunfire: Alexis and a 19-year-old man.
Alexis, also identified in some sources as Alexis Mary Catherine Delcoco and
remembered by loved ones as “Lexi,” did not survive. She was pronounced dead at the scene, leaving behind a family that described her as joyful, funny, and full of life. Her obituary said she loved to sing and dance around the house, had a silly grin, and was someone who tried to lift up the people around her, especially her mother. A family fundraiser created the same day said Alexis had been fatally shot early that morning and asked for help giving her the memorial she deserved.
The second victim, a 19-year-old male, was taken to an area hospital and was reported to be in stable condition. Police did not publicly describe the relationship between Alexis and the surviving victim, nor did they release a detailed account of what led up to the shooting in the early reports available online. Detectives from the New Castle County Division of Police Criminal Investigations Unit took over the case and treated it as an active homicide investigation.
Publicly available reports did not identify any suspect or suspects in Alexis's killing, and no online source located announced an arrest, charges, trial, plea, or conviction tied to her death. Police asked anyone with information or video connected to the shooting to contact Detective Jeffrey Sendek or submit tips through New Castle County police tip channels, including anonymous text tips. Authorities also noted that a reward could be available for information leading to an arrest or conviction in violent crime cases under investigation by the agency.
