Overview
- Authorities named the gunman as 44-year-old Rahman Rose of Wilmington, who was shot by a New Castle County officer and later died at a hospital.
- Investigators say Rose entered the Hessler Boulevard DMV as a customer, approached Snook from behind at the reception desk and opened fire.
- After being shot, Snook pushed a DMV employee to safety and urged people to run, while Rose let customers leave and then fired multiple rounds at arriving officers.
- A New Castle County officer fired through a DMV window, striking Rose; additional injuries included a responding trooper and two women with non-gunshot-related issues.
- The case remains under investigation with no motive disclosed, and police asked witnesses to contact detectives; the Jan. 5 service will be held at the University of Delaware’s Bob Carpenter Center with public visitation from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.