Deputies encountered the armed suspect outside, where he was shot and killed.
Frederick, Md. (DG) – The Maryland Attorney General Independent Investigative Division has released the name of the man shot and killed by police this week, and the deputies involved in the shooting.
On Tuesday morning around 2:10 AM deputies responded to the 5800 block of Haller Place for a stabbing after a woman called 911 to say her parents were being attacked. A man was stabbed to death, and a woman taken to the hospital for treatemnt of her injuries.
Deputies encountered the armed suspect outside, where he was shot and killed.
The suspect was identified as 23-year-old Aaron Mensah, of Frederick, Maryland.
The Frederick County Sheriff’s deputies involved in the shooting are Deputy First Class Cassy Boettcher, Deputy Travis Stely, and Deputy Nathan McLeroy.
Deputy Boettcher has been with the agency for two-and-a-half years, Deputy McLeroy has been with the agency since July and has a total of 3 years of law-enforcement experience, and Deputy Stely has been with the agency since September and has total of 6 years of law-enforcement experience. The deputies are assigned to the patrol operations section.
The Independent Investigations Division is continuing to investigate the shooting.
The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office is handling the homicide investigation.