Cops: Man who was shot grabbed trooper's Taser
One man shot by trooper in Hartly after altercation.
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A Delaware state trooper was injured when a man
she was attempting to take into custody struck her
with a cane, grabbed her stun gun and turned it on
her, and she then wounded the suspect with a single
shot from her firearm, state police said Thursday
morning.
The incident happened just before 3 p.m.
Wednesday outside a mobile home in the 3400 block of Judith Road, in a rural area
northeast of Hartly.
State police Thursday morning identified the man shot as 47-year-old Glenn A. Sego
Jr. and said he was in fair condition and his injuries are not life-threatening.
The trooper's name has not been released but Master Cpl. Gary Fournier said she is
25 years old,.
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She was sent to the scene after a family member called 911 to report a suicidal male at
the home, said Fournier, also a department spokesman.
As the trooper approached the home, Sego came out and began walking to the rear of
the property, which was overgrown with tall weeds, Fournier said.
"The trooper followed Sego and began issuing commands for him to stop as she
wanted to speak to him. He did not comply and she followed him behind an abandoned
trailer and into the weeds," Fournier said.
"Sego began using a metal walking cane to strike the trooper several times in the
upper torso," he said.
She then removed her police-issued Taser electronic control device, Fournier said, "but
he was able to take it from her possession and utilize it on her."
She then fired the single shot from her department-issued handgun, striking Sego in a
lower extremity, Fournier said.
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Sego was taken by state police helicopter to Christiana Hospital.
The trooper was taken to Bayhealth/Kent General Hospital in Dover, where she was
treated and released Wednesday evening.
Fournier said she has been with state police for a year and a half, assigned to
Troop 3 patrol in the Dover-Camden area.
She was placed on administrative leave under state police policy after the incident
pending outcome of the investigation.
Fournier said, "The trooper was not shot, was not injured by any gunshot or anything of
that nature."
Ann Yoder, who lives nearby, said she heard a bang outside her home while inside with
her son, but was unaware of the police action until a short time later.
"We just heard something that sounded like a firecracker. It was a 'pop' noise," Yoder
said. "We were wondering what it was and then, not long after that, we went to pull out
of the driveway to leave and there were a whole bunch of cop cars and the ambulance
and everything pulling up."
The homes were clustered in a sparsely settled, mostly farmed section of western Kent
County, along a road that forms part of a rough triangle connecting Hartly, Kenton and
an intersection along Hartly Road, or Del. 44, west of Pearsons Corner.
Another nearby neighbor who declined to be named said there was a standoff incident
involving the same cluster of mobile homes a few years ago. That incident was
resolved peacefully, the neighbor said, but only after a large police presence and
roadblock for a time prevented the neighbor from returning to his home.
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Fournier said Sego would be charged with two counts of assault on a law enforcement
officer and related counts when he is released from the hospital.
At least two other state troopers have been injured in incidents this year.
A trooper was wounded during the raid of a Bear home on Aug. 11. Master Cpl. Thad
Boyce sustained abrasions in the right rear shoulder and right lower neck after a bullet
hit his protective vest.
Cpl. Lloyd M. McCann was wounded June 25 and fatally shot Dennis Hicks following a
chase that ended near Magnolia.
Contact Jeff Montgomery at (302) 463-3344 or [email protected].
Contact News Delivery Editor Jon P. Zaimes at (302) 324-2813 or
[email protected]. On Twitter, @JZDelaware.
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