The suspect who died has been identified by family as 23-year-old Yazmyn Stewart.
'She put herself in this position': Delco DA discusses deadly officer-involved shooting in Chester"It's a tragedy that she lost her life, but she put herself in this position," Stollsteimer said. "Unfortunately, law enforcement had to do what it had to do."
She was killed after a wild chain of events that started when police tried to serve a warrant in Wilmington, Delaware, on Tuesday, but she fled. Then police say she broke into a home, stole a gun and a car, and died after another shootout with 10 officers. In 2021, she was convicted of shooting a man in Wilmington in 2020 and was sent to prison from May 2021 to October 2023.She was wanted on an active warrant with another shooting that took place in December of 2023, shortly after she got out of prison when this chain of events started.
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