Overview
- Cpl. Matthew "Ty" Snook, 34, a 10-year Delaware State Police veteran, was fatally shot while working an overtime reception assignment at the Hessler Boulevard DMV near Wilmington.
- Police say a 44-year-old man entered as a customer, shot Snook after he pushed a DMV employee to safety, and was then shot by a responding New Castle County officer before dying at a hospital.
- Officials report no ongoing threat to the public, and additional injuries were limited to a second trooper and two women with minor, non-gunshot-related issues.
- Authorities have not released a motive or the suspect’s identity as Delaware prosecutors and FBI personnel process the scene.
- DMV offices were temporarily closed statewide, with all locations except the New Castle site scheduled to reopen Monday, as tributes and a fundraiser support Snook’s family.