following a brutal assault Sunday morning at the Yorkshire Estates community.
The attack left Heacook, who his sister said wanted to help people as an officer, with a significant head injury.
At 12:48 p.m. Wednesday, hospital officials in Baltimore pronounced him clinically deceased, though he is still on life support, Delmar Police Chief Ivan Barkley said in an evening news conference. Heacook s organs will be donated. I need you to know that even with his sacrifice, he’s still a hero for someone, Barkley said.
Funeral arrangements for Heacook will be made in the coming days.
The 22-year veteran of the department was found unconscious by a Delaware trooper and Wicomico County Sheriff s Office deputy after he responded to a fight-in-progress call at about 5:12 a.m. Sunday.
Cpl. Keith Heacook suffered head trauma during April 25 attack
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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
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DELMAR, Del. Delmarva is in mourning.
News of the death of Cpl. Keith Heacook of the Delmar Police Department has rocked law enforcement and community members throughout the region.
Heacook was assaulted Sunday, April 25, while responding to a report of a fight in progress at a home in the Yorkshire Estates community by the same man who police said attacked an elderly couple across the street.
Left with critical injuries, Heacook was taken first to a Salisbury hospital and then to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, where he was pronounced clinically dead Wednesday, April 28. His family made the decision to donate his organs.
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