Overview

• Investigators said Howell fled on York Road, ignored commands to drop a handgun and fired twice, prompting officers to return fire.
• Body‑worn camera video released in May captures the pursuit and repeated warnings from a detective to put the weapon down.
• Police Commissioner Richard Worley said shots struck Sgt. Wallace’s vehicle as an SUV moved onto the sidewalk to block Howell’s path.
• Worley said Howell was wanted on an attempted murder warrant in Baltimore County.
• The attorney general’s office said this is the fourth fatal police encounter case this month and the 19th this year in which it declined to seek charges.