Delaware police officer declared clinically dead after being attacked while responding to fight By FOX 29 staff Corporal Keith Heacook DELMAR, Del. - A Delaware police officer who was attacked early Sunday while responding to a fight at a housing subdivision in Delmar was declared clinically dead Wednesday. State Police said Cpl. Keith Heacook with the Delmar Police Department is currently on life support in order to donate his organs on Friday. Heacook suffered a traumatic head injury after he was assaulted by 30-year-old Randon Wilkerson inside a home at the Yorkshire Estates Community shortly after 5 a.m., according to police.