NEWARK, Del. (WPVI) -- A 45-year-old man was shot during a robbery outside a Delaware rest stop during the height of holiday travel. It happened in the parking lot near the Starbucks at the Biden Welcome Center in Newark, Delaware, around 7 a.m. on Sunday.

The Delaware State Police are investigating after a person was injured in a shooting at the Biden Welcome Center rest stop along I-95 in Newark, Del. on Sunday morning.

Troopers responded about 7 a.m. to a reported shooting at the welcome center, 530 John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway. The probe revealed that a 45-year-old man from Goshen, New York, had stopped at the service station during his travels when an unknown suspect or suspects approached him. The victim was robbed and subsequently shot, troopers said.

Delaware State Police are investigating a shooting that occurred early Sunday morning at the Biden Welcome Center along the John F. Kennedy

A New Yorker's drive through Delaware took a terrifying turn when a robbery escalated into a shooting this weekend.