Newly released witness video is raising questions about how quickly Wilmington police provided medical aid to 19-year-old Kadir Skinner after an officer shot him in the back on June 24, 2026. Léelo en español aquí The video, released by attorneys representing Skinner’s family, shows the m oments after the shooting and appears to show more than two and a half minutes passing before officers place Skinner in a police vehicle to transport him from the scene. NBC10 has repeatedly requested body-camera video of the shooting, but Wilmington police have said Delaware law prevents them from releasing it in response to a records request. The witness-recorded video begins with Skinner lying in the street near 24th and Jessup streets after he was shot by a Wilmington police officer. “I don’t got nothing. I don’t got nothing,” Skinner can be heard saying in the video. As a crowd gathers around the scene, bystanders can be heard urging officers to check on Skinner’s condition. “He’s shot, why you on him like that? See if he’s OK,” one person yells. At one point, Skinner says he cannot breathe as officers hold him on the ground. His mother is also seen at the scene before police tell her to step back. “I can’t breathe,” Skinner says. A bystander responds, “That’s her son, though. That’s her son.” Skinner later died at a local hospital. The day after the shooting, Wilmington police said in a news release that Skinner had pointed a gun at a crowd before an officer shot him in the backside. Attorney Chance Lynch, who represents Skinner’s family alongside attorneys Ben Crump and Harry Daniels, said body-camera footage shown to the family and their legal team tells a different story. According to Lynch, the video shows Skinner running from a neighborhood dog before the shooting. While police have said they recovered a gun nearby, Lynch said the body-camera footage he reviewed does not show Skinner armed. “We have not seen a crowd. We have not seen him have possession of a gun. We have not seen him wave a gun at anyone,” Lynch said. Lynch also points to the amount of time that elapsed before Skinner was transported from the scene. In a July 1 news release, police and Wilmington Mayor John Carney said: “Following the shooting, and once it was discovered that Skinner had been injured, a police officer on scene transported him to the hospital in an attempt to seek medical care.” In the witness video released by the family, Skinner remains on the ground for more than two and a half minutes before officers pick him up and carry him to a cruiser. During that time, people in the crowd can be heard yelling, “He’s dying! He’s dying! He’s dying!” Lynch argues the footage raises questions about officers’ response after the shooting. “What we saw in that video is we saw young Kadir Skinner fighting for his life. While he had already been shot, handcuffed with a knee on his back. This is what we see on the video, and the video footage does not lie,” Lynch said. NBC10 asked Wilmington police Monday about their policy for providing medical aid to someone wounded in an officer-involved shooting. The department did not respond. Police have previously said communication about the case would be limited to official press releases. Lynch said the family is continuing to pursue legal avenues related to the shooting and is seeking the release of the body-camera video. A spokesperson for Democratic Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer said the governor wants the video released immediately. “A young man is dead, and a family and a community are grieving,” Meyer said in a statement to NBC10. “To Kadir Skinner’s family: I am so sorry for your loss. I want to be direct with the people of this state: you deserve a full, honest, and public accounting of what happened that night, including the release of the body camera per the family’s request, and a full and fair investigation. Policing requires transparency and accountability to ensure public trust.” Officials have previously said two separate investigations are underway: one to determine whether a law was violated and another to determine whether department policy was violated. The Wilmington Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division and Office of Professional Standards are conducting one investigation, while the Delaware Department of Justice’s Division of Civil Rights and Public Trust is conducting the other. The officer who shot Skinner was placed on administrative leave, as is standard protocol following an officer-involved shooting. NBC10 investigative reporter David Charns can be reached at [email protected]. ...read more read less