Robert Bailey, a 24-year-old Black/African American man, was fatally shot in Wilmington, Delaware, on the evening of January 14, 2015. At approximately 6:20 p.m., gunfire erupted outside the Citgo gas station in the 600 block of Concord Avenue. Bailey was discovered suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, with injuries to both his upper and lower body.
Emergency responders rushed Bailey to Christiana Hospital in critical condition.
Despite efforts to save him, he later succumbed to the injuries sustained in the shooting. The killing left investigators trying to determine what had happened outside the gas station and why Bailey had been targeted. Initial reports did not describe an argument, robbery, confrontation, or other event immediately preceding the gunfire, leaving the circumstances surrounding the attack unclear.
Online memorial information identifies Bailey by the nickname “Rob” and says he had three children. The memorial also lists his occupation as a cook at Ruby Tuesday’s and states that he had attended Christiana High School. Those details provide a glimpse of the life behind a case that was initially reported primarily through the circumstances of the shooting and the police investigation that followed.
In the immediate aftermath, Wilmington police had not publicly identified a motive or named a suspect. Authorities appealed to anyone with information about the shooting to contact investigators, indicating that detectives were still seeking witnesses and information that could explain who opened fire and why.
Available reliable online reporting located for the case does not document the subsequent identification of a suspect or an arrest, criminal charge, trial, or conviction specifically connected to Bailey’s killing. The contemporaneous account continued to describe the motive and identity of the shooter as unknown, leaving the publicly available record without a documented resolution to the homicide.
