2 killed in police confrontation outside Maryland motel room

Delaware officials had said in a news release that officers found heroin and marijuana, as well as a revolver, rifle and a stolen handgun inside Jones’ home during an Oct. 21 search.

“The Delaware State Police had contacted Maryland State Police yesterday, requesting assistance in the location of these two fugitives,” Shipley told reporters. “And the state apprehension team took that investigation over and tracked them to this location.”

He said uniformed officers from two agencies went to the motel about 10 a.m., knocked on the door of the second-floor room and announced themselves as police officers.

As they shouted at the room’s occupants to surrender, one of the officers saw through a window that a man was approaching the door with what looked like a handgun. He said the officers retreated from the door but the man came out and refused to obey their commands to drop the weapon. The man raised the gun at officers and they fired, Shipley said.

He said the woman came out a few seconds later with a similar weapon that she raised. She was also shot after refusing to drop the weapon, Shipley said.

Shipley said the replica guns found next to the suspects were one BB pistol and an air-powered pellet or BB gun.

Officials with the Cecil County, Delaware, Sheriff’s Office said three of their officers fired their weapons and have been placed on administrative leave, along with a Maryland State Police trooper who also fired.

The shooting brought a large number of police to the area and prompted road closures. Reporters at the scene could see what appeared to be a body on the balcony, covered by a yellow sheet.

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Associated Press reporter Randall Chase in Dover, Delaware, contributed to this story.

Juliet Linderman, The Associated Press

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2 killed in police confrontation outside Maryland motel room

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