Shooter shot, dies in police standoff

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 home’s door and windows.

Burgon Sealy Jr., 26, was killed by law enforcement officers 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 in 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.

Before the standoff, Sealy shot Cpl. Stephen Ballard in the parking lot of a convenience store near Bear, Del., on Wednesday, firing several rounds “at close range” when the officer was on the ground, McQueen said.

Ballard, 32, died that afternoon at a hospital.