Robin Lynn McNeill, a 51-year-old Black / African American woman from Wilmington, Delaware, was killed on Christmas Day in 2019, a holiday evening that turned violent in the city’s Riverside neighborhood. Online news reports identified her in police updates as Robin McNeil of Wilmington, while funeral and obituary sources list her full name as Robin Lynn McNeill, born January 11, 1968, and deceased on December 25, 2019.
The shooting happened just after 6:00 p.m.
in the 900 block of Vandever Avenue. Wilmington police were called to the area for a report of a shooting, and when officers arrived, they found her suffering from gunshot wounds. She was still alive when emergency responders took her to an area hospital, but she later died from her injuries. What began as a call for help on a winter holiday night became a homicide investigation.
Public reporting described the case as a fatal shooting and said investigators asked anyone with information to come forward. Wilmington police directed tips to Detective Brandon Mosley, indicating that authorities were still looking for help from witnesses or others who might know what led to the gunfire. The available reports did not describe a confrontation before the shooting, identify a motive, or explain whether she was targeted or caught in circumstances that had not yet been made public.
No online source located for this synopsis reported an arrest in connection with her death. The available public reports did not name a suspect or suspects, and they did not describe charges, court proceedings, a trial, or a conviction tied to the shooting. Based on the accessible online information, the killing remained publicly unresolved, with investigators relying on community tips to determine who shot her and why.
