Rehoboth Beach Delaware 19971United States
A Milford police officer is in critical but stable condition after he was shot during an exchange of gunfire with a wanted man Dec. 10 at the Econo Lodge on Route 1 outside Rehoboth Beach.
Delaware State Police spokesperson Cpl. Heather Pepper said the incident occurred just before 8 p.m., when officers assigned with the First State Violent Fugitive Taskforce responded to the hotel in an attempt to apprehend a 37-year-old man from Reading, Pa., who was wanted for attempted criminal homicide.
The 38-year-old officer is a 13-year veteran with the Milford Police Department and assigned full time to the First State Violent Fugitive Taskforce.