A domestic disturbance in Laurel escalated into a deadly standoff after a gunman exchanged fire with Howard County police and was later found dead inside a home, authorities said. The incident began around 3:10 p.

Witnesses told police on Saturday that a man had blasted a shotgun through front door of a house on 10000 block of American Pharoah Lane at around 3 p.m.

The Maryland attorney general’s office is investigating a fatal shooting after police fired at an armed man, leaving investigators unsure if duty weapons or the suspect’s own killed him.