FREDERICK, Md. — Deputies with the Frederick County Sheriff's Office fatally shot an armed stabbing suspect overnight Tuesday.
It happened around 2:10am at a home in the 5800 block of Haller Place.
Sheriff Chuck Jenkins said a woman called 911 to report that her brother was attacking their parents.
On scene, paramedics discovered both parents suffering from stab wounds. The father later died of his injuries, while the mother is stable at Shock Trauma.
As deputies were responding they encountered the son, 23-year-old Aaron Mensah, armed with a knife on Zoe Lane.
After being ordered to drop the weapon, one officer discharged a less-lethal beanbag at the suspect.
That's when he allegedly "rapidly moved towards officers" prompting some to deploy tasers and three others to fire their guns, killing the suspect.
A knife was recovered from the scene.
According to Jenkins, there was no prior history of police being called to the family's home.
The Attorney General's Independent Investigations Division identified the involved deputies as Cassy Boettcher, Travis Stely, and Nathan McLeroy. Neither was equipped with a body-worn camera at the time of the incident. There is reportedly some footage from cameras of other officers on scene.
