Man Fatally Shot By Police In Essex Identified: Investigators

ESSEX, MD — Investigators recently identified the man that police fatally shot last week after a woman was stabbed in an Essex domestic incident.

Friday evening, the decedent was identified as 31-year-old Howard Sye of Essex.

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown said these officers were involved:

• Officer Malia Hooper, 1 year of service.
• Officer Trent LaPosta, 1 year of service.
• Officer First Class Nicholas Vagnier, 2 years of service.
• Officer Hunter Cortes, 2 years of service.

The officers are all assigned to the Operations Bureau of the Baltimore County Police Department.

Officers said they were called Wednesday at around 8:30 p.m. to the 900 block of Holgate Drive for a reported disturbance.

Authorities said the call was upgraded to a stabbing while they were en route.

Police said they found an armed man inside the apartment building when they arrived. Brown said the man had a knife, and officers gave him verbal commands.

A press release said several officers fired their guns "in response to the male subject's actions, striking him."

Once inside the apartment, officers said they found a woman suffering from apparent stab wounds.

Authorities said they provided aid to the woman and the man, who were both taken to a hospital.

Police said the man was pronounced dead at the hospital.

The woman was still recovering at a hospital as of 1:15 p.m. Thursday.

One officer was injured and was also taken to a hospital, the release said.

All officers involved were wearing body cameras, and they were all placed on routine administrative leave in accordance with departmental policy.

Brown's Independent Investigations Division will now investigate the officer-involved shooting, as it does with all police-involved deaths.

Detectives from the Baltimore County Police Department's Violent Crimes Unit will investigate the stabbing.

Related: Officers Fatally Shoot Man After Woman Stabbed In Essex: Police

This map shows the area where authorities said the stabbing and the fatal officer-involved shooting happened.