Deshawn Blackwell, a 36-year-old Black man from Seaford, Delaware, was fatally shot in the early hours of March 29, 2023, outside the Woodland Mills Apartments in the 900 block of Woodland Mills Drive. Police were called between 12:20 and 12:22 a.m.; officers found Blackwell suffering from multiple gunshot wounds after witnesses or bystanders reported a person had been shot. He had been sitting outside an apartment when an unknown person or possibly multiple people approached and opened fire, striking him several times. The shooter or shooters fled on foot. Officers began life-saving measures and Blackwell was transported by ambulance to a local hospital, where he died from his injuries and the case was investigated as a homicide. The Seaford Police Criminal Investigation Unit led the inquiry with assistance from the Delaware State Police Major Crimes and Evidence Units. Early reports did not name a suspect and no public arrest or charges have been reported; investigators asked anyone with information to contact Seaford police or Delaware Crime Stoppers.

If anyone was in the Woodland Mills area that night or has information about who left the scene on foot, please share what you know.