UPDATE: Police now believe the victim was shot dead while attempting to break into someone’s home.

Original story below…

ESSEX, MD—Police are investigating a homicide that occurred late Saturday night in the Essex area.

At just after 11 p.m. on December 9, the Baltimore County Police Department said that officers were on the scene of a homicide that had occurred in the 1000-block of Middlesex Road (21221).

One male victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Additional details are not available at this time as the investigation is ongoing.