Corporal Matthew Tyler "Ty" Snook was 34 years old when gunfire ended his life on December 23, 2025. He had given 10 years and 9 months to the Delaware State Police, carrying the responsibilities of a public servant into places where people needed assistance, order, and protection. His final assignment was not a distant battlefield or a dramatic scene chosen for attention. He was working overtime at the Karen L. Johnson Division of Motor Vehicles facility in New Castle, Delaware, when he was approached from behind at the reception desk and shot. The cruelty of that loss is difficult to absorb: a place associated with…

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