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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.