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April 26, 2021
UPDATE 4/26/2021 @ 5:40 p.m.: Maryland State Police Homicide Unit investigators are continuing an investigation into a trooper involved shooting that occurred in Leonardtown on April 13, 2021.
The involved trooper is identified as Trooper Joseph Azzari, who is assigned to the Leonardtown Barrack as a road patrol trooper. He has been a Maryland state trooper for two years and seven months.
Trooper Azzari remains on administrative leave pending the results of the ongoing investigation. This is procedure in trooper-involved shootings. The Maryland State Police Internal Affairs Division is conducting an administrative investigation. This is also procedure.
Upon completion of the criminal investigation, it will be presented to the St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney’s Office for review.
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Four men charged with first-degree murder in Cambridge shooting
State police say four men have been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the early April shooting that left a Cambridge man dead.
Just before 10 a.m. on April 5, officers from the Cambridge Police Department responded to a reported shooting in the area of Greenwood Avenue and Gloria Richardson Circle, according to a Maryland State Police news release.
They arrived to find the victim, 22-year-old Da Jour Sorrell, lying on the ground. He d suffered gunshot wounds and was taken to Dorchester General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The Maryland State Police Homicide Unit was asked to take over the investigation. Members of the Criminal Enforcement Division and crime scene technicians from the State Police Forensic Sciences Division also responded to the scene to aid investigators.
Maryland state trooper fatally shoots 16-year-old after reports of an armed man
On Location: April 13, 2021 UP NEXT Maryland State Police are investigating a trooper-involved shooting in Leonardtown that ended in the death of a 16-year-old. Just before 1:30 p.m. local time Tuesday, police received two separate 911 calls about a man acting suspicious while holding what looked like a gun, police said in a statement Tuesday night. A uniformed Maryland state trooper then arrived at the scene and confronted a male teenager, who has now been identified as Peyton Ham. The teen was was armed with what looked like a gun and a knife, police said.MORE: Officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright during traffic stop meant to use Taser, police chief says