Delmar Police Officer Assaulted In Ambush
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By:
Michelle Richardson
and last updated 2021-04-25 21:36:17-04
DELAWARE â The Delaware State Police are investigating an assault on a Delmar Police Officer that occurred early this morning.
At approximately 5:12 am on Sunday April 25, 2021, Delmar Police Department was dispatched to the 11000 block of Buckingham Drive in the Yorkshire Estates Community for a report of a fight in progress.
At this point in the investigation it is unclear what transpired inside the residence, but we do know the officer was involved in a physical altercation.
The dispatchers began checking on the officer and received no response. At that time, additional officers were dispatched and a Wicomico County Sheriffs Office Deputy and a Delaware State Trooper arrived on scene to find the officer unconscious in the residence.