An officer shot and killed a man who stabbed his brother with a large, double-edge spear in Columbia, Maryland, Monday night, police say.
A man called police just before 7:30 p.m. and said his brother stabbed him several times at a home on Wilbur Court before running off, Howard County police said in a news release.
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WATCH HERETwo minutes later, the stabbing suspect called 911 from the intersection of Oakland Mills Road and Carters Lane and said he was armed, police said.
When an officer found the suspect, the man moved toward the officer and refused to drop the spear, according to police.
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SIGN UP As the officer backed away, he fired his gun at the suspect, killing him, authorities said.
The Maryland Office of the Attorney General identified the suspect as 23-year-old Micah Booker.
Howard County Police Officer Michael McKee was the officer involved. He is a two-year veteran of the department, the attorney general's office said.
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"It is our belief at this time that the spear was the weapon used to stab his brother. The spear was located here at the scene and it's been described as large, but we don't have more specific details than that," a spokesperson for the police department said.
The suspect's brother was hospitalized with critical injuries, police said.
The Maryland Attorney General's Independent Investigations Division is investigating the shooting.
