Incident

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4-26-2017 Delaware Bear 1-1

Location

April 26, 2017

Wawa store
Incident Address

Bear, Delaware

Participants

Type: Victim
Participant Characteristics:
- Law Enforcement
Name: Cpl./1 Stephen J. Ballard
Age: 32
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Burgon Sealy Jr.
Age: 26
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Officer Involved Incident
Officer Involved Shooting - Officer killed
Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator killed
Police Targeted
LOCKDOWN/ALERT ONLY: No GV Incident Occurred Onsite

Notes

on-duty state police trooper shot at Wawa store; schools lockdown in Middletown; suspect and police standoff 500 block of St. Michaels Drive, Middletown

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: http://6abc.com/news/shooting-reported-at-wawa-store-in-bear-del/1919661/

URL: http://6abc.com/news/shots-fired-amid-search-for-del-trooper-shooting-suspect/1919661/

URL: http://abcnews.go.com/US/state-trooper-shot-delaware-schools-lockdown/story?id=47037059

URL: http://abc13.com/news/suspect-dead-in-delaware-trooper-murder-/1923977/

URL: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Wawa-Parking-Lot-Ballard-Trooper-Killed-Barricde-Middletown-420583513.html

District

Congressional District: 0
State Senate District: 13
State House District: 15