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Georgetown Candle Light Vigil Tonight for Stephen Ballard

A candle light vigil will be held for Delaware State Trooper Stephen Ballard on the circle in Georgetown at 8 p.m. tonight.

People will be gathering to remember him and honor his life.

Ballard was shot and killed last week outside a convenience store in the town of Bear.

The suspect, who police believe shot him, then fled the scene only to hold up in his family home in Middletown where a 20 hour standoff with police ended his life.

The funeral for Ballard will take place this Friday in Wilmington at The Chase Center on the riverfront.

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Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.