Nearly 20hour standoff with the gunman who shot and killed a delaware state trooper has come to a dead lid end. Deadly end. The gunman was killed after coming out of the house and engaging police. The standoff came after Corporal Stephen ballard was shot and killed in bear, delaware. Chopper 6 hd was over the scene this morning. The house was heavily damaged during the police operation. All the windows and doors and parts of the walls are blown out. Jeanette reyes joins us with details how the standoff came to an end. Jennette. Reporter sarah it has been a morning of organized chaos is the best way to put it. Some of the residents saying this is something out of a movie. For hours throughout the night and this morning, they heard gun shots and explosions and choppers overhead and loud bangs. It ended in the Fatal Shooting of the suspect. Theres a lot of going on 3 hours after the suspect was shot and killed. In the distance you can see the crime scene tape up now. There are dozens of o
Details. Police say the standoff ended at 9 17 the suspect run out of the house in the five hundred block of Saint Michael as drive in middletown at that time engaged police and shot by officers. He was pronounced dead 12 minutes later. The suspect was wanted for the Fatal Shooting of copper actual Stephen Ballard outside this wawa in bear, delaware. This morning the corporals flagdraped casket was move from the medical Examiners Office to a funeral home. The house belonged to the suspects family it was heavily damaged during the siege. Shortly before 8 30 p. M. Police report they used an explosive charge to blow open the front door. Overnight gunfire came from inside the house. Police responded by using additional explosive to breach a number of windows. Some nearby homes were evacuated. Residents said they could hear the police action. Every hour the bomb went off. 1 50 a. M. There was a bomb. We heard explosions, they blew off the doors and the sides of the house, the whole road was
Was killed this morning following a nearly 20hour standoff at sealys family home in middle town. At 9 17 a. M. , the armed suspect entered the residence and engaged police. He was then shot by Law Enforcement. Wednesday at this wawa in bear, corporal, a passenger in a parked red dodge, to get out. Police say sealy pulled the a gun and starting shooting. The corporal tried to run for cover. He pursued him and the suspect fired a handgun striking him in the upper body. He immediately went to the ground. The suspect then fired multiple rounds. This morning, the corprals casket was moved from the medical Examiners Office to a wilmington funeral home. Seals home from heavily damaged during the siege overnight. Gunfire came from the house. Police responded with explosive charges that blew open doors and windows. Neighbors who did not evacuate described the sounds of the police action. Every hour, the bombs went off so at 1 50, there was a bomb and we heard exmotions and then at 2 30 we heard
A barrage of bullets at close range. The actions of stephen yesterday exemplified the dedication he brought to the citizens of delaware. On a daily basis. Reporter powerful ip images captured a caravan escorting his body to the funeral home. My heart is with corp. Canral ballards family today and with all the officers on his shift and the Delaware State Police who served beside him. Reporter still residents are returning home horrified by the violence that hits too close to home. On a nice quiet neighborhood, i would never expect anything like this to happen. Reporter again, back out here live, a lot of residents trying to make sense of this new normal in their neighborhood thats filled with cop cars and yellow tape. Now, the motive for yesterdays shooting remains unclear, and Corporal Ballard leaves behind a young daughter and a wife. Reporting live here in middletown, christie ileto, channel 6 action news. Monica . Thank you, christie. Our coverage of this story continues for you on
Wawa located on pulaski highway in bear. Reporter police say the man moo murdered the corporal, burgon sealy jr. , was the man inside the middletown house this morning firing at police. At 9 17 a. M. , the armed suspect exited the residence and engaged police. Reporter police say the incident started yesterday at this wawa in bear. Corporal ballard asked sealy, a passenger in a parked car, goat out. There was an altercation. Sealy pulled a gun and started shooting. Corporal ballard immediately went to the ground. The suspect fired multiple rounds. Reporter the police are still looking for many answers including a possible motive. The superintendent was asked about unverified reports that sealy may have been radicalized online in some way. None that we will disclose at this time. Well continue to investigate and well make that Information Available if it becomes available. Reporter kim oding and her daughter faith drove up from maryland to place balloons and fires at the barracks. To ho