Manhunt intensifies for cop murderer in Baltimore
Authorities vow to find killer of 18-year police veteran.
Police in Maryland announced Monday they have found new evidence in their almost week-long search for a suspect who killed a Baltimore homicide detective in the line of duty last week.
Commissioner Kevin Davis said at a press conference Monday that authorities have “recovered additional significant evidence from the crime scene” where 43-year-old Sean Suiter, an 18-year veteran of the Baltimore Police Department and former Naval officer, was shot last Wednesday.
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Homicide Detective Sean Suiter, 43, was shot in the line of duty last Wednesday and died less than 24 hours later at a hospital. (Baltimore Police Department)
Davis didn’t elaborate on what the evidence was, but noted that a belated autopsy performed on Suiter’s body allowed law enforcement to gather new evidence, Fox 45 Baltimore reported.
"Based on the autopsy, it's made us think about this murder in a different way that's led us to recover evidence today that we had not yet recovered,” Davis said. "There are different types of evidence that we can forensically recover from a scene. We learn things like trajectory, proximity of discharge of a firearm."
Police added they believe the suspect — described as a black male dressed in a black sweatshirt — is still in the neighborhood.
"These killers don't go far, we think he's in the city and we think he may be wounded," Davis said.
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Baltimore Police are still searching for the suspect in Detective Suiter's murder. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Suiter was shot after he and his partner approached a man who they believed was engaging in “suspicious behavior” in the Harlem Park neighborhood of the city. He later died in a hospital on Thursday.
A GoFundMe page set up for Suiter’s family has already received more than $32,000 in donations. Suiter was married with five children.
"We remain dedicated and committed to finding the person who ended such a beautiful life, such a wonderful detective, husband, father and friend," Davis told reporters last week after the shooting. "We will find the person responsible for this ridiculous, absurd, unnecessary loss of life."
A reward for information on the suspect or shooting has increased to $215,000. Anyone with information can call the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI, Baltimore Police Homicide Detectives at 410-398-2100 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7LOCKUP