WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Authorities say police officers in Delaware shot and killed a man who was armed with a shotgun.
The Wilmington Police Department said in a news release that 35-year-old Ricardo Hylton, of New Castle, was firing a shotgun when officers responded Friday night to a call of shots being fired in the area.
Police said two officers shot Hylton. Neither officer was injured.
Hylton was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police said investigators recovered Hylton’s gun at the scene of the shooting.
Police didn’t immediately release the names of the two officers who shot Hylton.
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