ESSEX, Md. — Four Baltimore County Police officers involved in a shooting in Essex on Wednesday night have been identified.

According to the Attorney General's Office, each officer has two or fewer years of service with the department.

The man killed in the shooting has been identified as Howard Sye, 31, of Essex, Maryland.

The officers involved in the shooting are:

Officer Malia Hooper, 1 year of service;

Officer Trent LaPosta, 1 year of service;

Officer First Class Nicholas Vagnier, 2 years of service;

and Officer Hunter Cortes, 2 years of service.

Officials say all four officers are assigned to the Operations Bureau.

On Wednesday night, the officers responded to an apartment building in the 900 block of Holgate Drive for reports of a disturbance. The call was upgraded to a stab

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