A Delaware trooper killed in the line of duty is being remembered as a man who "loved helping people."
Funeral services for 32-year-old Cpl. Stephen Ballard are scheduled for Friday in Wilmington at The Chase Center on the Riverfront.
Ballard was shot April 26 while investigating a suspicious vehicle at a convenience store in Bear. His killer, Burgon Sealy Jr., then barricaded himself in his family home near Middletown, firing shots at officers during a 20-hour standoff before he was fatally shot.
Ballard's mother Robin said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press ahead of the funeral that her son "loved helping people," "loved representing the state of Delaware" and "loved representing the Delaware state troopers."