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April 25, 2021
DELMAR, Del. – Just after 5 a.m. on Sunday April 25, the 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. Corporal Keith Heacook answered the call, which little did he know, would result in a life altering altercation.
After the tragic incident, the community gathered for a vigil to honor Cpl.l Heacook, who is now in shock trauma with life-threatening injuries, fighting for his life. “I saw an attack on police officers, I saw an attack on humanity by the most vicious of all people that I’ve ever seen in my entire life,” says Doug Marshall, an advocate for police and the community.
From staff reports
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.
At approximately 5:12 am on Sunday, April 25, the Delmar Police Department dispatched Corporal Heacook to the 11000 block of Buckingham Drive in the Yorkshire Estates Community for a report of a fight in progress. The 911 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 911 call was received from a neighbor across the street from the original caller, stating he and his wife had been assaulted by a male subject. The caller then stated the assailant was no longer at his house.
Officer, elderly couple hospitalized, two in Baltimore Shock Trauma April 26, 2021
Cpl. Keith Heacook/DELAWARE STATE POLICE PHOTO
A 30-year-old man faces charges after police say he assaulted an elderly couple and then a police officer April 25, sending two to Shock Trauma in Baltimore.
Delmar police were called at 5:12 a.m. to a home in the 11000 block of Yorkshire Estates where Randon D. Wilkerson was fighting with residents and destroying items in the home, said Master Cpl. Gary Fournier of the Delaware State Police.
Moments later, Fournier said, a separate 911 call was received from a neighbor across the street who said he and his wife had been assaulted by a male subject. The caller then stated the assailant was no longer at his house.
From staff reports
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.