A 23-year-old man armed with a spear has been pronounced dead on the scene in Columbia after a police-involved shooting, according to the Howard County Police Department.
Police are on scene near Carters Lane and Oakland Mills Road in Columbia, where the man was armed with a 30-inch, double-edged spear, according to police.
The preliminary investigation indicates the victim “repeatedly stabbed a family member with the spear inside a nearby residence,” police said in a post on social media.
This story will be updated.
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