DELMAR, Del. — A Maryland man is charged with shooting at police during a barricade incident Monday morning that involved a 2-year-old child on the Delaware-Maryland state line.
The incident led to nearby schools being dismissed early.
William Tulowitzky, 27, is charged with seven counts of aggravated menacing, having a gun during the commission of a felony, and numerous domestic-related charges, said Delaware State Police.
Police in Delmar, Del., were initially called at about 9:15 a.m. Oct. 31 to a home on East Grove Street in Delmar, which straddles Delaware and Wicomico County, Maryland. The police were called for a domestic-related incident outside the home.
The female victim was helped to safety by a nearby resident. Meanwhile, Tulowitzky went back in the home, where the 2-year-old child was, and refused to come out when ordered to do so by law enforcement, said Delaware State Police in a press release.
Police said Tulowitzky then started firing shots toward the officers, prompting a state trooper to return fire.
No one was injured during the shootout.
Tulowitzky was ultimately taken into custody without incident after barricading himself in the home for about two hours; police took him into custody at about 1 p.m., after speaking on the phone with a member of the police's Conflict Management Team.
The female victim and child were taken to a hospital as a precautionary measure. Tulowitzky was ordered held at a Delaware jail on a $330,000 cash bond.
