He went over and pushed him and when he pushed the officer he had room to run and he pushed hip and ran and he ran for like seven or eight feet and then turned around and started shooting. Just instantly started shooting. I jumped out the car to see if i could help and the other people, the witnesses were moving into action as i was moving into action and turned him over and started cpr right away and i hollered out keep pumping, and another witness came and she was upset and i tried to help her too and called 911. And that trooper was rushed to christiana hospital in grave condition, his current condition is unknown and state police are expected to hold a press conference here within the last half hour. His name is not released and we know he was a trooper at troop 2, and was relatively new. And as for the suspect Delaware State Police tell action news that they know who the suspect is. They are now investigating over in middletown a house in an area looking for that suspect. Trying t
Happened there today . Reporter jim, Delaware State Police say that it happened near noon and the trooper whose name is not released pulls up in the wawa parking lot and he got out and approached the vehicle with two suspicious individuals and there was some sort of confrontation and one suspect got out of the vehicle and put him down where the wet concrete is. Its a sad day for our state and the Delaware State Police family. Responding officers rushed to the wawa parking lot at polanski highway and arrested one suspect but the shooter had already fled. The witnesses rushed to the aid of the wounded officer franticly try toing to save his life. And the other people were moving into action as i was moving into action and they turned him over and started cpr right away and i hollered out keep pumping keep pumping. And jared saw the shooting at noon and works at barbershop next to the wawa. He had room to run and he pushed him and ran for like seven or eight feet, he turned around and ins
Lunch time at this wawa turned to sheer terror. Customers are scared beyond belief as this is all unfolding and witnesses are left stunned and deeply saddened. I seen performing cpr he was not moving just like i was just standing there like shaking like just crazy. Reporter brady couldnt believe what she was seeing. A state trooper being shot in cold blood. It was lunch time. She had just walked out of the wawa on pulaski highway in Bear Delaware noon the but tee supply store across the parking where she work. Thats when she heard gunshots and seen the trooper go down. I seen the officer fall and just laying there. I seen two guys run off. So just crazy. I never seen nothing like that before in my life just very shocking. Reporter kevin lerner was outside the hair salon where he works. He says he saw the state trooper pull in and approach two guys in this red charger. Thats when he says things turned bad. Very bad. He pushed the officer to get a little distance but pushed him and start
Every defendant i ever had that designed a trial has thought he or she had enough to when. It may be years before he faces execution. Governor tom wolf suspended the Death Penalty and the state has naat executed an inmate since 1999 and carried out only three executions since 1976. Both waived their rights to an appeals process. 63 degrees outside. Lets talk about the weather today. A live look. Things are warming up. 61 degrees, just in time for the nfl draft in philadelphia. We are getting a warm start this morning, with clouds overhead. No wet weather in the area. Clouds will be thinning out. It is warmer this morning. About five degrees warmer. This is not rain well get sunshine, clouds this morning. 61 degrees, into the 70s. More sunshine this afternoon. 76 degrees by 4 00 this afternoon. The suburbs, you start off with a few clouds. 70s for the suburbs, from the lehigh valley. 62 degrees this time of the year. We are 20 degrees above normal and a stay elevated through the day. 70
Right now the man held up inside a home in delaware. Following this breaking news for about 17 hours now. The situation is still rapidly unfolding. Heres what we know. It began about 15 miles away in a wawa. A trooper approached to people inside a parking lot when he was shot and rushed to the hospital and he died. Police were able to take one suspect into custody he was later tracked down to a house. He is now barricaded. We have Live Team Coverage this morning. We gin live on the scene of the standoff unfolding in middle town. Katie, tell us more about whats happening therech. Reporter the last message is that the suspect is still barricaded inside his home. In that neighborhood, take a look are begin e dozens of Police Officers and they are focused on that suspects home. A neighbor took video of the suspect rushing home yesterday afternoon. Witnesses saw corporeal Steven Ballard stopped multiple times. Trooper ballard later died at a delaware hospital. Since police have surrounded t