Sealy Jr., walked out of a home in Middletown, Del., where he had been holed up since the fatal shooting of the trooper a day earlier, "engaged officers" and was shot by law enforcement and died at the scene, police said in a statement. He was then shot by law enforcement and pronounced dead at 9:29 a.m., said Master Cpl.
The University of Delaware Police said in a Facebook post, "Our thoughts and prayers are with the Delaware State Police during this time". Stephen J. Ballard was shot Wednesday afternoon after encountering two people in a convenience store parking lot in Bear. He also wouldn't say whether Ballard might have been targeted, either individually or as a police officer. The driver of the first vehicle was questioned and released without any charges, police said. When Ballard walked to the passenger side of the auto, he asked Sealy to step out of the vehicle, and a struggle ensued.
The man, identified as Burgon Sealy Jr.by sources close to the investigation, had been firing at police through the night from his family's Brick Mill Farm development home north of Middletown. Stephan Ballard, the trooper who was fatally shot Wednesday in the line of duty. He was later released.
Since the killing, people dropped off red, white and blue candles, balloons and flowers at the Wawa and Troop 2, Glasgow, where Ballard served, to pay tribute to fallen trooper. The Appoquinimink School District went on lockdown, keeping all students and staff inside school buildings.
The unnamed suspect fired at officers who were outside his home around 4 a.m., police said. He declined to say if Sealy fired a gun at that time. Ballard immediately fell to the ground, and Ballard fired several more rounds, striking Ballard again in the chest.
Police tracked the suspected gunman to his home in a subdivision of two-story houses near Middletown, about 15 miles (25 kilometers) south of where Ballard was shot.
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A man barricaded in his house for almost 21-hours after the fatal shooting of a Delaware State Police trooper has been killed by law enforcement Thursday morning.
Delaware Governor John Carney ordered both USA and state flags to be flown at half-staff in memory of Ballard, whose body was taken to state medical examiner's office for an autopsy. Then, without warning, Sealy pulled out a handgun that had been tucked in his waistband and shot Ballard in the upper body. Authorities did not enter the home but continued attempts to make contact with Sealy to persuade him to surrender.
This undated photo released by the Delaware State Police shows Cpl.
Ballard had been on the force for more than eight years, state police spokesman Sgt. Richard Bratz said.
The suspect in the death of a DE state trooper was shot and killed by police on Thursday after a long standoff outside the man's home, The New York Daily News reported.
Sealy had been barricaded inside the home since Wednesday afternoon, not long after Cpl.
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