The Latest on a fatal shooting involving a stabbed trooper (all times local):

4:50 p.m.

Maryland State Police say a trooper has been released from a hospital several hours after he shot and killed a man who stabbed him during a struggle.

A State Police news release says the trooper will be on administrative leave, a standard procedure, while he recovers from his wound.

Police say 34-year-old Michael J. D'Angelo stabbed the trooper in his side before the trooper fatally shot him Monday in Westminster, about 36 miles (58 kilometers) northwest of Baltimore.

D'Angelo was pronounced dead at a hospital.

The trooper encountered the suspect around 8 a.m. after responding to two reports of slashed car tires. One caller said the suspect was armed with a knife.

Shipley says the suspect was white and so is the wounded trooper.

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1 p.m.

Maryland State Police say a trooper shot and killed a man who stabbed the trooper during a struggle.

Police say the trooper was taken to a trauma center after the shooting Monday in Westminster, about 36 miles (58 kilometers) northwest of Baltimore. Police spokesman Greg Shipley says the trooper's injuries aren't thought to be life-threatening.

The 34-year-old man suspected of stabbing the trooper was pronounced dead at a hospital.

The trooper encountered the suspect around 8 a.m. after responding to two reports of slashed car tires. One caller said the suspect was armed with a knife. Police say the suspect stabbed the trooper in his side during a struggle, before the trooper shot him. A knife was recovered from the scene.

Shipley says the suspect was white. He says he thinks the trooper is too.

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11:30 a.m.

Maryland State Police say a trooper shot and killed a man who stabbed the trooper during a struggle.

The Baltimore Sun reports that the trooper was taken to a shock trauma center after the shooting Monday in Westminster, about 36 miles (58 kilometers) northwest of Baltimore. The trooper's condition wasn't immediately disclosed.

The man suspected of stabbing the trooper was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Police say the trooper encountered the suspect around 8 a.m. after responding to a property destruction report by a caller who said a man was armed with a knife. Police say the suspect stabbed the trooper during a struggle, before the trooper shot him.

The races of the trooper and suspect weren't immediately released.