Country Music Star Jimmie Allen Holding Benefit Show For Family Of Murdered Delmar Cop
Dewey Beach, DE – Country music singer Jimmie Allen will travel to his home state of Delaware next week to put on a fundraising concert for the family of slain Delmar Police Corporal Keith Heacook.
Cpl. Heacook, a married father-of-one, died in the line of duty on April 28 after a suspect brutally beat him while he was investigating a report of disturbance several days prior.
An elderly couple was also attacked and assaulted by the same suspect, leaving them severely injured.
Allen, a native of Milton, Delaware, said he learned about the corporal’s murder in a Facebook post and knew he had to do something to help his grieving family, WJZ reported.
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May 6, 2021
SALISBURY, Md. – On Tuesday, Shift D of the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office received a warm welcome from law enforcement spouses and friends.
The presentation contained gift cards and tokens of appreciation for the groups’ response to last week’s events involving fallen officer Corporal Heacook.
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Dispatchers began checking on Cpl. Heacook and received no response, the news release said.
Heacook was found inside the home and unconscious, the release said. He had suffered significant head injuries, police said. Officers with the Delmar Police Department, Laurel Police Department, Wicomico County Sheriff s Office and Delaware State Police responded.
Laurel officers pulled the officer from the home and performed first aid, and paramedics took Heacook to a TidalHealth facility in Salisbury, Maryland, before he was taken to a shock trauma center in Baltimore.
Multiple people at the home where the initial 911 call was made were taken into custody, state police said without elaborating.