Hispanic/Latino male Felix Tiempos, age 38, was killed on May 2, 2009, in Wilmington, Delaware. He had just left the Canby Park Shopping Center at 1952 S. Maryland Avenue and was walking to his car when gunfire erupted between two groups in the parking lot. A stray round struck him, and he died as an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire.
According to the case record maintained by the Delaware State Police Cold Case Homicide Unit, the shooting involved two parties firing handguns
at each other outside the shopping center. The documentation identifies the victim, confirms the date and location, and summarizes the circumstances under which he was fatally hit while heading to his vehicle.
Despite investigative efforts, the homicide remains unsolved. Public materials from the Delaware State Police list the case as a cold case and include a detective contact for tips; there have been no publicly announced arrests and no named suspects connected to the shooting. Community-facing summaries echo that status, describing the fatal bystander shooting and appealing for any information that could move the investigation forward.
His death is also recorded in public memorial and crime-tracking resources, which corroborate the date, location, and circumstances. The killing occurred during a period when Wilmington experienced elevated levels of gun violence, with statewide reporting noting more than a hundred shooting incidents that year, underscoring the broader context in which this unresolved case sits.
