Three officers shot in Wilmington

Chris O’Connell, FOX 29 Staff, with permission

WILMINGTON, Delaware (FOX 29) – One of the officers injured during a shooting turned hours-long standoff in Wilmington has been released from the hospital, a law enforcement source tells FOX 29’s, Steve Keeley.

The two other injured officers are in stable condition but will undergo surgery, according to Keeley’s source.

Authorities swarmed an apartment building on the 2400 block of North Market Street around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday after three officers were shot during a “call to service,” authorities said.

FOX 29 learned that police believed the shooter was barricaded inside the building. A large spotlight was focused on a third-floor apartment near the backside of the building overnight.

Residents located between 23rd Street and 27th Street from West Street to Carter Street were asked to shelter in place for nearly 10 hours while police secured the area. The Wilmington Police Department lifted the shelter in place just before 11 a.m.

SWAT officers on Thursday morning used a ladder truck from the Wilmington Fire Department to enter the apartment and remove three people, including a small child.

Police have not provided a formal update about the investigation since 1:30 a.m.

In a Thursday morning statement Delaware Senator Chris Coons, who co-chairs the Senate Law Enforcement Caucus, said he is praying for the injured officers.

“I am praying for the wounded officers of the Wilmington Police Department and thankful that they are in stable condition, on the path toward a speedy recovery,” Coons said. “I’m grateful for their service and thinking about the first responders and the residents of Wilmington impacted by this tragic incident.”

Delaware Gov. John Carney also tweeted his hope for the speedy recovery of the wounded officers.

By Lindsay Dye

Pierce Job #33450

Truck 505 began service with the Flower Mound (TX) Fire Department on July 18, 2020. This unit is the first tractor-drawn aerial in the history of the department. Flower Mound joins Dallas and Irving as the only cities in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area to utilize tillers in their fleets. There are other cities in the Metroplex that have tillers on order.

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The cab and chassis are the Velocity model with seating for six. A Coleman Mach 8 Roughneck mounted on the cab roof provides auxiliary cooling and heating for the cab, and a Danhard A/C unit provides cooling for the tiller cab. An E

The Boiling Springs (SC) Fire District recently dedicated its new 2021 Pierce Enforcer 107’ Ascendant Ladder. The truck and its equipment cost $1,535,657; its expected service life is approximately 25 years.

The ceremony was open to the public and took place at Station 14, located at 228 South Batesville Road.

The apparatus comes with a 1,500-gallon-per-minute pump will serve as both a ladder truck and a heavy rescue unit.

Ameren, Mo., recently donated a $1 million, state-of-the-art truck to the St. Louis (MO) Fire Department, reports kmov.com. The new apparatus took about 10 months to design and then another year to build.

The apparatus is used to battle underground fires; it sprays CO2 under manhole covers, quickly extinguishing electrical fires. It can also hook up to another truck to spray foam on chemical fires.

“Although ceremony was this morning, the truck has already been used in two underground fires downtown and at the Affton chemical plant fire back in April,” local resident Mark Griffin wrote on Twitter.

It can also hook up to another truck to spray foam on chemical fires. Although ceremony was this morning, the truck has already been used in two underground fires downtown and at the Affton chemical plant fire back in April. pic.twitter.com/aT6JJdkqCe

— Mark Griffin (@mgriffin_kmov) June 2, 2021