Fight over shoveling and parking spot leads to standoff in Delaware, police say

A fight over shoveling and a parking spot led to a man attacking another man, threatening him with a gun, and barricading himself inside a townhome, sparking a standoff with police that forced neighbors in a Delaware community to evacuate, investigators said.

The ordeal began on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, along the 200 block of White Plains Court in the Concord Trace Townhouse community in Newark, Delaware.

Investigators said Ras Loyd, 33, of Bear, Delaware, began arguing with a 57-year-old man over snow shoveling and an assigned parking space. After the argument, Loyd broke into the man’s home and attacked him as well as his 49-year-old friend, investigators said…

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