Thousands of Delaware residents lined up for more than a mile Saturday to pay tribute to Trooper Matthew “Ty” Snook, who was killed while working overtime at a Division of Motor Vehicles office on Dec. 23.
About 3,500 cars now display a memorial sticker on their back windshield in honor of Snook, who served with the Delaware State Police for a decade and leaves behind a wife and a 1-year-old daughter.
“I was blind sighted to be honest with you,” said Judi Enright of Newark, who arrived at 7:30 a.m. for the 9 a.m. drive-thru event and was second in line. “Who would have thought that somebody sitting behind a desk would end up like that. A trooper no less.”…