Police Shoot Naked Man, Hurt In Scuffle

State police said a trooper shot a naked Wilmington man who was beating him with his police radio early Wednesday morning.

The trooper found 35-year-old Fabian Silvestre standing naked on Route 4 around 2:45 a.m.

Police said Silvestre charged the trooper in the parking lot of Alpha Pizza on Maryland Avenue and the trooper, after a struggle, used his pepper spray.

Police said Silvestre, unaffected by the spray, took the trooper's radio and beat him with it. Police said the trooper feared for his life and fired two shots, hitting Silvestre in the shoulder, but it did not stop him.

A second trooper arrived and used a stun gun on Silvestre and with the help of a third trooper they were able to subdue Silvestre.

Silvestri was taken to Christiana Hospital and was reported to be recovering. When he's released, police expect to charge him in this attack and an earlier attack on his wife.

The officers suffered minor injuries, police said.