Black/African American male, age 16. On the night of December 28, 2013, a holiday party at the Brookside Community Center on the 900 block of Marrows Road in Newark, Delaware, spilled into the parking lot when a fight broke out. Amid the chaos, D'Andre Green, age 16, was outside the venue and tried to run as shots were fired. He was struck multiple times and later died of his injuries, turning a winter gathering into a crime scene that would haunt his family and the community for years.
Detectives from the New Castle County Division of Police arrived just before midnight after reports of gunfire. Early findings emphasized that D'Andre, age 16, was not involved in the altercation that preceded the shooting. The details fixed the place and time with painful clarity—Brookside Community Center, 11:44 p.m.—but they did not reveal the hand that pulled the trigger.
As days became months, the investigation stayed active. News outlets told of parents pleading for witnesses and police releasing new materials to spark memories. In February 2018, investigators shared a new video in hopes of shaking loose leads, a reminder that the case had not faded within the department, even if the trail had cooled outside it.
Authorities also raised the stakes for anyone who knew what happened. The FBI announced a $10,000 reward, later joined with local contributions that brought the total reward offer to $30,000 for information leading to an arrest. Despite the reward and repeated appeals, the essential question—who fired the shots that killed D'Andre Green, age 16—remained unanswered in the public record.
Years later, official cold case summaries still recount the same core facts: a fight at a teen party, a burst of gunfire, a 16-year-old victim running for safety, and a family left with grief instead of answers. As of the latest updates published by county police and local media, no arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified in the killing of D'Andre Green, age 16, in Newark, Delaware.
