UPDATE: Arrest Made; DSP Investigate Deadly Shooting in Ellendale
UPDATED 06/05/24:
Delaware State Police have arrested a 26-year-old Ellendale woman for a murder that occurred Saturday night in Ellendale. Police say that on June 1st at approximately 10:47 p.m., troopers were called to South Old State Road in Ellendale for a report of a shooting. When troopers arrived, they found 28-year-old Brian Halliday, with a gunshot wound to the chest in the front yard and began life-saving efforts. He was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead. The preliminary investigation revealed that an altercation occurred between the victim and Tyja Best of Ellendale, after which Halliday was shot and killed. Best was taken to Troop 5 where she was charged with 1st Degree Murder as well as felony weapons charges and is now at Sussex Correctional Institution on $1,060,000 cash bond.
Tyja Best
List of Charges:
Murder 1st Degree (Felony)
Possession of a Deadly Weapon During the Commission of a Felony (Felony)
Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited (Felony)
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A shooting in Ellendale just before 11 Saturday night left one man dead. Delaware State Police were called to a residence on South Old State Road and found a 28 year old man with a gunshot wound to the chest and began life-saving efforts. The victim was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead. Investigation revealed that during an altercation between the victim and a woman, the woman produced a gun and shot him in the chest. The suspect left the scene.
Police ask anyone with information to contact Detective McDerby at 302-741-2821 or Crime Stoppers at 800-847-3333.
