Hero Down: Delmar PD Corporal Keith Heacook Beaten To Death On Disturbance Call
Delmar, DE – Delmar Police Department (DPD) Corporal Keith Heacook died in the line of duty on Wednesday after he was viciously attacked by a suspect while responding to a report of a disturbance on April 25.
The violent assault occurred at around 5:12 a.m. at the Yorkshire Estates community in the 11000-block of Buckingham Drive, after the DPD received a report that 30-year-old Randon Wilkerson was destroying objects and “fighting with other residents” inside the home, the Delaware State Police (DSP) said in a press release.
Shortly after the initial call came in, the DPD received a report from a neighbor across the street who said he and his wife had been attacked by a male suspect who then fled the scene, the DSP said.
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April 29, 2021
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has ordered the United States Flag and Maryland State Flag be lowered to half-staff effective immediately and returned to full-staff at sunset on the day of interment (not yet known).
This action is in honor of Corporal Keith Heacook of the Delmar Police Department, who died in the line of duty on April 28, 2021
The Delaware State Police have arrested 30-year-old
Randon D. Wilkerson in connection with the assaults that occurred in Yorkshire Estates.
At approximately 5:12 a.m., 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. The 9-1-1 caller reported one of the occupants, who was later identified as Randon Wilkerson, was being disorderly, fighting with other residents of the house, and destroying items inside the residence. Moments later, a separate 9-1-1 call was received from a neighbor across the street
Cpl. Keith Heacook suffered head trauma during April 25 attack
Melissa Steele
Cpl. Keith Heacook/DELAWARE STATE POLICE PHOTO
A Delmar police officer who responded to a fight in the early hours of April 25 has died from injuries he sustained at the scene.
Delaware State Police Master Cpl. Gary Fournier said Cpl. Keith Heacook was pronounced clinically dead at 12:48 p.m. He is being held on life support in order to harvest his organs, he said.
Attorney General Kathleen Jennings said Randon Wilkerson, 30, of Delmar will face murder charges in the attack that has shaken the Delmar community.
Heacook, a 22-year veteran of the police force, was responding to a fight at a home on Buckingham Drive in Yorkshire Estates when he was attacked. Dispatchers tried to reach Heacook after he arrived at the home, and when there was no response, more officers were dispatched. Responding officers found Heacook unconscious and pulled him from the home to administer first aid. Heacook eventually w