Det.Sean Suiter, 43, died on Thursday, less than a day after he was shot in the head while working in the Harlem Park neighborhood of Baltimore
A 43-year-old police detective who was shot in the head in Baltimore, Maryland on Wednesday has died.
Det. Sean Suiter, an 18-year veteran of the force, died just after noon on Thursday at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, the The Baltimore Sun reports.
He was shot Wednesday afternoon, at around 4:30pm, after approaching a suspicious man in the Harlem Park neighborhood.
Police continue to search for the man responsible for killing one of their own.
Suiter leaves behind a wife and two children.
The detective spent the last two years working in the Baltimore PD’s homicide unit.
Before that, he investigated non-fatal shootings in the city.
Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said Wednesday that Suiter ‘was just doing his job on behalf of this city’ when he was shot.
‘And that’s what he’s been doing for 18 years,’ Davis added.
An 18-year veteran of the force, Suiter leaves behind a wife and two children
Rick Willard, a former co-worker on the force, described Suiter as a ‘good cop’ who ‘was smart and smiled a lot’.
‘Everyone that worked with him loved him. Even when you were down he would smile what his mischievous smile and make everyone happy and feel at ease.
‘He is one of the best officers I ever worked with, and it breaks my heart,’ he said.
Suiter was shot in the head after approaching a ‘suspicious’ person in the Harlem Park neighborhood
Police cordoned off streets in the West Baltimore area and a tactical unit combed alleyways as they searched for a shooter Wednesday night.
Numerous cruisers responded and a police helicopter buzzed overhead, illuminating streets below with a searchlight.
The neighborhood where the officer was shot has a number of vacant row houses and has been the scene of numerous shootings over the years.
Mayor Catherine Pugh, Police Commissioner Kevin Davis and other officials visited the hospital last night while doctors were fighting to save the detective’s life. They did not speak to reporters.
Wednesday’s shooting of the police officer comes amid a particularly violent period in Baltimore.
So far this year, the city of less than 620,000 inhabitants has seen over 300 homicides.
The neighborhood where the officer was shot has a number of vacant row houses and has been the scene of numerous shootings over the years
Mayor Catherine Pugh, Police Commissioner Kevin Davis and other officials gathered at the Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center where the officer was being treated