No motive in Delaware trooper’s fatal shooting, standoff
MIDDLETOWN, Del. — About 20 hours after he fatally shot a state trooper, a Delaware man was shot to death after an overnight standoff with police, but authorities haven’t given a motive for his actions.
Law enforcement officers shot Burgon Sealy Jr. when he emerged from his home armed Thursday morning and “engaged police,” state police Superintendent Col. Nathaniel McQueen said. He declined to say if Sealy fired a gun at that time.
After shooting the trooper Wednesday afternoon, the 26-year-old Sealy had fled in a car and holed up inside the home, refusing to surrender despite being surrounded. Police used explosives to blow open the home’s door and windows.
On Wednesday, Cpl. Stephen J. Ballard encountered Sealy in the parking lot of a Wawa convenience store near Bear.