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A Delaware police officer was declared dead Wednesday after he suffered significant head injuries while responding to a fight at a housing subdivision Sunday morning, according to reports.
Delmar Police Corporal Keith Heacook, 54, was still on life support even after being declared clinically deceased at 12:48 p.m., Delmar Police Chief Ivan Barkley said in an evening news conference. I need you to know that even with his sacrifice, he’s still a hero for someone, Barkley said. Corporal Keith Heacook’s family graciously decided to donate his organs.
DELMAR, Del. Delmarva is in mourning.
News of the death of Cpl. Keith Heacook of the Delmar Police Department has rocked law enforcement and community members throughout the region.
Heacook was assaulted Sunday, April 25, while responding to a report of a fight in progress at a home in the Yorkshire Estates community by the same man who police said attacked an elderly couple across the street.
Left with critical injuries, Heacook was taken first to a Salisbury hospital and then to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, where he was pronounced clinically dead Wednesday, April 28. His family made the decision to donate his organs.
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DELMAR, Del. (AP) A Delaware police officer has died of injuries he suffered after responding to a fight at a home early Sunday, authorities said.
Delaware State Police said Delmar police corporal Keith Heacook was pronounced dead at a Baltimore hospital Wednesday afternoon.
Authorities said Heacook, 54, was attacked by Randon D. Wilkerson, 30, of Salisbury, Maryland, after responding to a house in Delmar shortly after 5 a.m. Sunday. A witness reported that Wilkerson slammed his foot repeatedly on Heacook’s head while he lay unconscious.
Wilkerson also allegedly attacked and seriously injured an elderly couple who live across the street from the home where Heacook was attacked. Both have since been released from the hospital and are recovering at home, authorities said at a news conference outside the Delmar police department Wednesday evening.
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