Stephen J. Ballard was an American state trooper of the Delaware State Police. ^[undefined]

Trooper Ballard was an 8.5-year veteran of the Delaware State Police and was assigned to patrol at Troop 2, Glasgow, Delaware. ^[undefined]

On April 26, 2017, Trooper Ballard was shot and killed at a Wawa convenience store in Bear, Delaware. ^{[666666] [undefined] [undefined]} At around noon, Ballard walked up to a vehicle in the parking lot with two suspicious people inside. ^{[undefined] [undefined]}

One of the unidentified male suspects got out of the car and shot Ballard several times.

^[666666] The other man was arrested at the scene.

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The suspected shooter, Burgon Sealy Jr. then barricaded himself inside his home in Middletown, Delaware. ^{[666666] [undefined] [undefined]} The barricade situation is happening at a home on the 500 block of St. Michaels Drive in the Brick Mill Farm neighborhood. ^{[666666] [undefined] [undefined]}