Randon D. Wilkerson, 30, was charged with attempted murder in the first degree, and two counts of first-degree assault, among other charges following the assaults on Delmar police officer Cpl. Keith Heacook and an elderly couple Sunday.
Court documents on probable cause shed light on what police say happened at the home where Heacook was assaulted.
911 calls
At about 5:12 a.m. Sunday, the Delmar Police Department was dispatched to a fight in progress at the 11000 block of Buckingham Drive in the Yorkshire Estates community.
The 911 caller reported an occupant of the house, later identified as Wilkerson, was fighting with other residents of the house and destroying items, police said. Shortly after, a separate call came from a neighbor across the street who reported he and his wife had been assaulted by a male who was no longer at his home.
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A man was arrested in connection with the assault of a Delmar police officer and an elderly couple on Sunday, Delaware State Police said.
Randon D. Wilkerson, 30, was charged with attempted murder in the first degree and two counts of first-degree assault, among other charges, according to a Delaware State Police news release late Sunday, April 25.
A vigil was held for the victims Sunday evening at the Delmar Police Department.
At about 5:12 a.m. Sunday, Delmar Police Department was dispatched to a fight in progress at the 11000 block of Buckingham Drive in the Yorkshire Estates community. The 911 caller reported an occupant of the house, later identified as Wilkerson, was fighting with other residents of the house and destroying items, police said.
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Corporal Keith Heacook, of the Delmar Police Department, was dispatched to an address in the 11000 block of Buckingham Drive in the Yorkshire Estates Community, following reports of a fight in progress at around 5:12am, Sunday, April 25.
A 911 caller said that suspect Randon Wilkerson, 30, was inside their home and being disorderly, fighting with other residents of the house, and destroying items.
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Moments later, a separate 911 call came from a neighbor across the street stating he and his wife had been assaulted by a male subject.
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Delaware State Police have arrested a man in connection with assaults on an elderly couple and a 22-year veteran officer of the Delmar Police Department, all of whom were hospitalized with significant injuries, the agency said.
The initial 911 call about a fight in progress came shortly after 5 a.m. Sunday in the southern Delaware town along the Maryland border.
The caller reported someone “being disorderly, fighting with other residents of the house and destroying items inside the residence,” a state police news release said. Shortly thereafter, someone from a property across the street called 911 to report “he and his wife had been assaulted by a male subject” who had left the scene, the release said.
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