DELAWARE — (AP) Delaware state police say a man believed to have shot and killed a state trooper outside a Wawa convenience store is now barricaded inside his own house.
Master Cpl. Gary Fournier, a state police spokesman, says investigators tracked the gunman to his home in Middletown, about 15 miles south of where the trooper was shot earlier Wednesday afternoon.
Fournier says the man has fired multiple shots at officers from inside the house. No other officers have been hurt. Police have yet to provide an update on the condition of the officer who was shot earlier.
Fournier says hostage negotiators are on the scene and have established contact with the gunman in an effort to persuade him to surrender peacefully.
People who live nearby are being told to stay in their homes with the doors locked.
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