Thermond Norwood Redden, a 28-year-old Black / African American man from Wilmington, Delaware, was fatally shot on the evening of January 13, 2016. Shortly after 6:30 p.m., Wilmington police and emergency personnel were dispatched to a garage in the 1200 block of North Locust Street after receiving a report described as a "subject down." When officers arrived, they found Redden suffering from a gunshot wound to his upper torso or chest. The shooting became Wilmington's second homicide investigation of 2016, occurring only days after another fatal shooting in the city.
Emergency responders immediately attempted to save Redden. New Castle County paramedics treated him at the scene, and CPR was administered before he was transported by ambulance to Christiana Hospital. Despite those efforts, Redden was pronounced dead at the hospital. Police initially withheld his identity while authorities worked to notify his family, and he was publicly identified several days later. Contemporary reporting rendered his first name as "Therman," while funeral and cemetery records identify him as Thermond N. Redden and Thermond Norwood Redden. Cemetery records list his birth date as April 8, 1987, and confirm his death on January 13, 2016.
Investigators released little information about what occurred inside or around the garage before the gunfire. No motive was announced, and police did not publicly describe an argument, robbery, confrontation, or other event that might have led to the shooting. In the immediate aftermath, authorities also did not identify a suspect or provide a description of anyone believed to have been responsible. On January 15, reporting on the investigation specifically stated that there had been no arrests and that police had not established a publicly known motive.
The Wilmington Police Department continued investigating after Redden was identified. Detective Pete Leccia was listed as the investigator handling information about the killing, and police appealed directly to the public for assistance. Tips could be provided through the detective or Wilmington's Homicide Hotline, and authorities offered the possibility of a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. The continued appeal for witnesses and information indicated that investigators were still attempting to determine who shot Redden and why.
Redden's obituary described his death as sudden and noted that he had been born in Salem, New Jersey. He left behind his mother, Carol Nelson; his daughter, Taylor Redden; his sister, Felecia Redden; his brother, Calito Keith; and other relatives and friends. He was later buried at Cathedral Cemetery in Wilmington.
Available reliable online reporting located on the case does not identify anyone who was subsequently arrested, charged, tried, or convicted for Redden's killing. The publicly available accounts from the days immediately following the shooting describe the homicide as an active investigation with no announced suspect and no known motive. Without a later law-enforcement or court record connecting a specific person to the homicide, there is no substantiated suspect, arrest, prosecution, or conviction that can be attributed to Redden's death based on the available reporting.
