Gunman shot following standoff, police say

MIDDLETOWN, DEL. >> A man who killed a state trooper outside a convenience store was shot to death at his home Thursday after an all-night standoff with police who used explosives to blow open his door and windows.

Burgon Sealy Jr., 26, was killed by law enforcement about 20 hours after he fatally shot the trooper, said the state police superintendent, Col. Nathaniel McQueen.

Sealy fled in a car and holed up inside his home, refusing to surrender despite being surrounded. He was finally shot when he emerged from the home armed Thursday morning and “engaged police,” McQueen said.

He declined to say if Sealy fired a gun at that time.

More details also emerged about Sealy’s encounter with Cpl. Stephen J. Ballard in the parking lot of a Wawa convenience store near Bear on Wednesday.

Ballard had noticed something suspicious about two men in a car when Sealy, the passenger, shot him with a handgun.