An 18-year-old man has been extradited to Delaware to face charges in the New Year's Eve shooting death of 40-year-old Marcus Foster, who was found wounded on a Wilmington street nearly ten months ago. He was arraigned in New Castle County Superior Court and committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on $1,311,000 cash-only bail.
According to First State Update, the teen was extradited to Delaware on Oct. 23. He now faces a first-degree murder charge, a separate first-degree murder during the commission of a felony charge, two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, first-degree robbery, carrying a concealed deadly weapon and leaving the scene of an accident, per the outlet's reporting on his case.
Wilmington officers responded to the 600 block of West Sixth Street at approximately 7:52 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2025, where they found Foster suffering from gunshot injuries, the outlet reported. He was transported to a hospital, where he later died. WDEL similarly reported that Wilmington police were investigating the shooting death of a 40-year-old man in that same block, identifying the victim as Foster and confirming he died after being taken to the hospital.
A Crash Across State Lines Led Investigators to a Suspect
That same night, Chester police notified Wilmington investigators that a possible suspect vehicle had crashed in Chester, Pennsylvania, the report states. Officers in Chester detained an 18-year-old man from the vehicle, who was allegedly carrying a .45-caliber handgun at the time. Detective Joseph Wicks identified the man as the shooting suspect and obtained arrest warrants on Jan. 2, according to the same account.
A New Castle County grand jury returned an indictment on Feb. 3, per the report. Delaware Online separately confirmed that court records identify the indicted teen as Namir Warren, reporting that court records say Namir Warren was indicted on Feb. 2 on charges in Foster's killing. That outlet reported the indictment charges Warren with two counts of first-degree murder, along with three weapons offenses, first-degree robbery and leaving the scene of an accident, and it described the case as Wilmington's final shooting of 2025.
What Extradition Does — and Doesn't — Decide
Delaware law limits what an extradition hearing can resolve. Once a properly formed extradition demand is presented, a court may not inquire into the accused's guilt or innocence, except to the extent necessary to confirm the person held is the person actually charged, according to the Delaware Code Online. Separately, the code outlines that once a justice of the peace finds an extradition-related arrest lawful, the person may be committed for a reasonable period while a governor's extradition warrant is pending, or admitted to bail for that purpose, per the same state code.
First State Update, which has reported directly from official sources on this case, notes that anyone arrested should be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. No attorney, plea or trial date for the case has been reported.
