Overview
- Delaware State Police announced a public visitation from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Jan. 5 at the University of Delaware’s Bob Carpenter Center, followed by a memorial service and a private burial.
- The Tunnel to Towers Foundation says it plans to pay off Cpl. Matthew “Ty” Snook’s mortgage by New Year’s Day as part of its support for his widow and one-year-old daughter.
- Foundation CEO Frank Siller highlighted Snook’s final act of pushing a DMV employee to safety and said the mortgage payoff aligns with a broader effort to deliver 343 mortgage-free homes in 2026.
- A candlelight vigil to honor Snook is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Hockessin PAL Center in New Castle County.
- Police identified the gunman as 44-year-old Rahman Rose, who shot Snook at the Wilmington DMV, later fired at arriving officers, and was fatally shot by a New Castle County officer; one trooper and a woman sustained minor injuries.