{"id":371803,"date":"2025-12-26T20:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T20:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/371803\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T20:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T20:14:09","slug":"gunman-identified-in-fatal-shooting-of-delaware-state-police-trooper-cpl-matthew-ty-snook-at-dmv-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/371803\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunman identified in fatal shooting of Delaware State Police trooper Cpl. Matthew “Ty” Snook at DMV facility"},"content":{"rendered":"

MINQUADALE, Del. (WPVI) — Delaware state police have identified the man who shot and killed a trooper at a DMV facility earlier this week in New Castle County.<\/a><\/p>\n

Rahman Rose, 44, shot Cpr. Matthew “Ty” Snook at the DMV on Hessler Boulevard in Minquadale around 2 p.m. Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Rose was then shot and killed by a responding New Castle County police officer.<\/p>\n

Cpl. Snook was a 10-year veteran of the Delaware State Police. He is survived by a wife and their one-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n

\"Corporal<\/a><\/p>\n

Corporal Grade One Matthew T. “Ty” Snook<\/p>\n

Delaware State Police<\/p>\n

Police say Rose entered the DMV as a customer.<\/p>\n

A short time later, authorities say Rose approached Snook as he was sitting at the reception desk and shot him from behind. Snook was there working an overtime shift.<\/p>\n

After being shot, police say Snook pushed a DMV employee out of harm’s way and told him to run as Rose shot at him again.<\/p>\n

Rose allowed customers to leave the building and remained inside, waiting for other officers to arrive. As law enforcement arrived, Rose shot at them as they approached the building. A New Castle County police officer saw Rose and shot and killed him from outside the DMV through a window.<\/p>\n

State police said in a statement that Snook was known as “a dependable, professional, and committed trooper.”<\/p>\n

“A native Delawarean, Ty was a graduate of Saint Mark’s High School and the University of Maryland, where he was a member of the wrestling team. He was a respected colleague, a trusted partner, and a beloved member of both the Delaware State Police and the community he served,” the statement continued.<\/p>\n

A Delaware State Police trooper was killed after a shooting at DMV facility in New Castle County on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

There were several minor injuries during the shooting. A 40-year-woman was taken to an area hospital for minor, non-gunshot-related injuries. A 35-year-old woman was evaluated for shortness of breath and refused transport to the hospital.<\/p>\n

A second state trooper was evaluated for minor, non-gunshot-related injury, and was not transported by EMS.<\/p>\n

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