Delaware Police shoot dead 16-year-old after a traffic stop ends in exchange of gunfire
- Delaware Police involved in a traffic stop shot and killed a 16-year-old boy
- Police say the front seat passenger pulled out a gun as the trooper approached the car just after 3am Saturday morning
- An 18-year-old was also shot in the leg during the gunfire exchange with police
Delaware State Police say a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed by a trooper in an exchange of gunfire during a traffic stop.
Police said a trooper stopped a vehicle in Dover shortly after 3am Saturday. According to police, the front seat passenger of the car pulled out a gun as the trooper approached the vehicle.
They said the 16-year-old was killed when he and the trooper exchanged gunfire. The boy died after being taken to an area hospital.
A traffic stop just after 3am in Delaware ended in a gunfire exchange with troopers shooting dead a 16-year-old-boy at the above intersection
The 18-year-old driver was shot in his leg, and was treated and released from the hospital. A 15-year-old passenger was not injured. The trooper also was not injured.
Samantha Herrmann told Delaware Online that she saw the lifeless boy being removed from the car, she knew he was dead.
'When police pulled the guy out of the passenger side, I didn't think he was alive,' said Herrmann, whose house is near where the shooting took place. 'It made me throw up.'
Herrmann, and her husband George woke up when their dog started barking and she looked outside her window.
'I saw the driver and a passenger were already on the ground,' she said. 'Then I saw them pull the guy on the passenger side out and started doing CPR. It was bad.'
George described the incident as 'quite alarming.'
'When I saw the guy lifeless, I knew something was wrong,' he said. 'It's something I wouldn't expect to happen here. You turn on the news and you see it, but not in front of your house.'
Samantha said the shooting happened so close to her car that a shell casing was marked on top of her hood.
'It happened right out on our street,' she said. 'It was bad.'
The Delaware State Police Homicide unit is currently investigating the incident.
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