DELMAR, Del. - A Delaware police officer was hospitalized with "significant injuries" after he was involved in a fight at a home in Sussex County early Sunday morning, state police said.
Corporal Keith Heacook from the Delmar Police Department was dispatched to a home on the 11000 block of Buckingham Drive just after 5 a.m.
for reports of a fight in progress, according to police. Investigators said Heacook, a 22-year veteran, fell unconscious after being "involved in a physical altercation" inside the home.
He was taken to Shock Trauma in Baltimore with serious injuries, according to state police.Investigators said two elderly people were seriously injured in a separate but related assault across the street.