Overview
- Investigators say officers responding around 8:30 p.m. to the 900 block of Holgate Drive encountered a man with a knife and multiple officers fired, fatally striking him.
- The man was identified as 31-year-old Howard Sye; a woman with stab wounds was hospitalized and an injured officer was treated and released.
- The Attorney General’s office named the involved officers as Malia Hooper, Trent LaPosta, Nicholas Vagnier and Hunter Cortes, each with one to two years on the force.
- All four officers are in the Operations Bureau, have been placed on routine administrative leave, and were wearing body cameras.
- Family members and a neighbor describe a sibling dispute and raise concerns about mental health and the speed of gunfire, as the IID leads the investigation and seeks tips.