Police Shoot Unidentified Gunman by Railroad Tracks at Hi Tech Drive (UPDATED)

Police have identified the Elkridge man involved in a shooting on Hi Tech Drive. .

We've updated this article with new information about the incident at 5:25 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Nov. 7.

An unidentified man is at shock trauma Monday after he refused to put his gun down and police officers shot him in Elkridge, said officials.

“Someone called and said a man had a gun at Loudon and Melrose,” said Sherry Llewellyn, spokeswoman for Howard County Police Department, speaking with Elkridge Patch in a parking lot off Hi Tech Drive, which police designated a crime scene.

When police arrived in the area of Loudon Avenue and Melrose soon after 3 p.m., there was a person matching the description given by the caller and he was carrying a handgun as he walked, said officials. As of Monday afternoon, information identifying the man was unavailable.

“The officer told the man to stop,” said Llewellyn.

“He continued on, he had the gun displayed, somehow they ended up back here [at Hi Tech Drive] and there was a confrontation," continued Llewellyn.

The police department said in a written statement Monday evening that officers followed the man, who was walking along the railroad tracks, to the back parking lot of an industrial complex on the 7400 block of Hi Tech Drive in Hanover.

"There were multiple officers telling him to drop the gun, and as a result of the confrontation, they fired shots and he’s now at shock trauma," said Llewellyn. The department said in a written statement that it is still investigating how many officers were involved.

The man was taken by ground to University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where his status is unknown. Llewellyn said the officers involved were in good condition.

At 4:30 p.m., Llewellyn said the area at Hi Tech Drive would be closed off for several hours as the department conducts an internal investigation, interviewing all the officers involved and conducting a forensic evaluation.

“We immediately launch an internal investigation. There’s a lot of work to be done,” said Llewellyn.

Officials said that the area is safe. “No one’s in any danger,” said Llewellyn. “This person is clearly at the hospital, so there’s nobody on the loose.”

Original report at 3:53 p.m.

Approximately 20 police cars are on the scene at Hi Tech Drive and Coca Cola Drive.

Police have not issued a statement to the media at this point.

Elkridge Elementary School Principal Diane Mumford released the following information to parents at 3:36 p.m.:

I called the Howard County Police at 3:26 PM and was told that a suspect with a gun was just apprehended by police in the woods along Hi Tech Road. The suspect is in an ambulance and has been transported out of the county for treatment. There are quite a few police cars on High Tech Road so traffic there may be congested until 4 p.m. The 1 suspect is apprehended so the area is safe.