Man Killed During Shootout With Howard County Police Officers Identified

LAUREL, MD — The individuals involved in the fatal shooting that happened Nov. 30 have been identified by the Independent Investigations Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General.

Officers with the Howard County Police Department were called to a home located in the 10000 block of American Pharoah Lane in Laurel for a report of a domestic incident in progress around 3:10 p.m. Nov. 30. A 911 caller said that a man was banging on the front door. The preliminary investigation indicated that the man had fired several shotgun rounds at the front door and made his way into the home through a window.

When officers arrived on the scene, they saw the man in a second-floor window of the home. Officers told the man to surrender but he refused. The man and two HCPD officers exchanged gunfire. A barricade was set up by the police department's tactical team. Officers couldn't establish contact with the man and at approximately 5:40 p.m., made their way into the home. The man, later identified as 29-year-old Tyree Winslow of College Park, was found with gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead on the scene, according to the police department. Several loaded guns and a knife were found by his body. No one else was injured.

The involved officers are both with the Howard County Police Department and have been identified as Police Officer First Class Christopher Weir, a 14-year veteran, and PFC Joseph Debronzo, a 15-year veteran. Both officers are assigned to the field operations division. The incident will continue to be investigated.