Md. Man Apprehended After Weekend Stabbing

OCEAN CITY — An Ellicott City, Md. man is being held without bond this week following a downtown stabbing incident early Sunday morning that sent a male victim to Shock Trauma in critical condition.

Around 4:15 a.m. last Sunday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers were dispatched to the area of 8^th Street for a reported stabbing. Officers reportedly located a male victim, who was suffering from a stab wound to the abdomen. Ocean City EMS treated the victim at the scene and he was ultimately transported by Maryland State Police Trooper 4 helicopter to Shock Trauma in Baltimore. According to police reports, after emergency surgery, the victim was listed in critical condition.

OCPD detectives responded to the scene and observed blood in the roadway at 8^th Street. The blood trail went from the roadway to the steps of a nearby apartment building at 8^th Street, which is where OCPD officers located the victim, according to police reports.

An OCPD detective interviewed a witness, who told police he did not observe the stabbing, but saw the aftermath. The witness told police he saw the suspect, later identified as Henry James Trotier, 21, of Ellicott City, Md., standing in the roadway holding a knife, according to police reports. The witness provided a description of Trotier, according to police reports.

The witness also told police the victim had told him he had been stabbed and that he saw the victim bleeding from the abdomen. The witness reportedly told police a group of people chased Trotier north on St. Louis Avenue, but lost sight of the suspect in the area of 14^th Street. The witness told police Trotier had been hanging out with a group of girls who were staying in the apartment building.

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