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Shortly before 10:55 p.m. on Friday, August 18, two troopers from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack responded to a home in the 44000 block of West Mervell Court in Hollywood, Maryland, for the report of a possible suicidal person. According to a preliminary investigation, the troopers – a four-year veteran of the Department and a recent graduate of the Maryland State Police Academy – approached the front door of the home, where they were met by Anthony Oliveras Jr., 22, of Hollywood, Maryland.

A Maryland man was shot by state troopers after he attacked them with a knife in St. Mary’s County, state police say. 

Maryland State Police are investigating a trooper-involved shooting that occurred late Friday evening in St. Mary’s County.

Both troopers – one with four years with the Maryland State Police and a recent graduate of the Maryland State Police Academy – fired their agency-issued firearms.

Shortly before 10:55 p.m. on Friday, August 18, two troopers from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack responded to a home in the 44000 block of West Mervell Court in Hollywood, Maryland, for the report of a possible suicidal person. According to a preliminary investigation, the troopers – a four-year veteran of the Department and a recent graduate of the Maryland State Police Academy – approached the front door of the home, where they were met by Anthony Oliveras Jr., 22, of Hollywood, Maryland.