Family Offers Reward To Help Find Suspect In College Student's Death

NEW CASTLE, DE (CBS) -- Delaware police say 19-year-old Malcolm Evans was an innocent victim and they need your help finding whoever shot and killed him.

On Wednesday, New Castle County Officials announced a reward of up to $40,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of his killer.

The teen was shot to death earlier this month around 4 a.m. as he was headed to work.

"Malcolm Evans was my beautiful, loving, humble sweet son and I can't tell you all.. the hole we all have in our hearts," she said. "...He was just a wonderful, wonderful kid," the victim's mother said.

Investigators say suspects were seen leaving the scene on Baywatch Road in Rutledge. That suspect remains at large.

"Help yourself," she said. "Help get someone off the streets who could possibly do this to your family. We couldn't believe that this could happen to us. We're just a loving family and we would just hate for another loving family to go through this senseless crime."

Detectives say they found Evans at the wheel of his black 1995 BMW with a single gunshot wound of the upper body.

He died at Christiana Hospital shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday.

"There are cases that hurt a little bit more and haunt us a little bit more and this is one of those cases," County Police Chief Col. Elmer M. Setting said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police.