Man fatally shot during robbery outside Budget Inn named by police, suspect in custody
Delaware State Police have identified the man fatally shot at the Budget Inn off Route 9 near New Castle on Sunday as 49-year-old John Pipkin of Wilmington. Police said they found Pipkin with a gunshot wound in the parking lot of the motel at 8:21 p.m. He was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.