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Stephen J. Ballard (Police Officer)

Stephen J. Ballard (Police Officer)

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

Career

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

Death

Police at the scene

Police at the scene

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]

References

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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comBody of fallen Delaware State trooper being escorted from Christiana Hospital to medical examiner's office
Apr 27, 2017, 2:42 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comTrooper Ballard's graduation class
Apr 27, 2017, 2:48 AM
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Citation Link6abc.comStephen J. Ballard identified
Apr 27, 2017, 2:03 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comPolice at the scene
Apr 27, 2017, 2:06 AM
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Citation Linkabc2news.comStephen J. Ballard's background
Apr 27, 2017, 2:07 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comTrooper Stephen J. Ballard
Apr 27, 2017, 2:17 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comUndated photo of Stephen Ballard
Apr 27, 2017, 2:20 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comDelaware State Trooper Ballard
Apr 27, 2017, 2:34 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comResponse by Governor John Carney
Apr 27, 2017, 2:36 AM