Video: Police announce death of detective shot in Baltimore

MAYOR, THE POLICE
COMMISSIONER ABOUT BEGIN.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
JUST AFTER NOON TODAY, 18-YEAR
VETERAN HOMICIDE DETECTIVE SEAN
SUTTER WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
43 YEARS OLD, MARY, FATHER OF
FIVE.
HIS WIFE, NICOLE, IS HERE WITH
HIM.
HIS CHILDREN SEAN, MARQUIS,
CHRIS AND DEMYRA ARE HERE,
SURROUNDING SEAN, LOVING SEAN AS
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN
YOUR CONSTANTLY SINCE THIS
TRAGIC EVENT.
TO RECAP THE EVENTS OF
YESTERDAY, WE KNOW A LITTLE BIT
MORE.
NOT MUCH.
THIS IS STILL UNFOLDING.
DETECTIVE SUTERS WAS WITH A
PARTNER FROM THE HOMICIDE
DIVISION.
THEY WERE IN THE BENNETT STREET
AREA INVESTIGATING A 2016
MURDER.
WHILE THEY WERE IN THE VICINITY,
THEY OBSERVED A MAN ENGAGED IN
SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIORS.
THE MAN IS VAGUELY DESCRIBED AS
AN ADULT AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALE.
WE DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE THAN
THAT RIGHT NOW.
DETECTIVE SOUTER GOT OUT OF HIS
CAR.
HE WAS DRESSED FROM HEAD TO TOE
LIKE EVERY OTHER HOMICIDE
DETECTIVE IN BALTIMORE IS
STRESSED.
A FULL SUIT, TIE, AS DISPLAYED
ON HIS WILL -- BADGE DISPLAYED
ON HIS WAISTBAND.
HE WENT TO ENGAGE THE SUSPECT IN
A CONVERSATION.
A CONFRONTATION OCCURRED.
THE KILLER SHOT AND KILLED
DETECTIVE SOUTER.
ONE GUNSHOT WOUND, FATAL GUNSHOT
WOUND OBVIOUSLY TO HIS HEAD.
DETECTIVE SOUTER WAS TRANSPORTED
TO SHOCK TRAUMA WHERE THE
DOCTORS AND THEY'RE VERY
TALENTED TEAM DID EVERYTHING
THEY COULD TO SAVE HIM.
WE REMAIN DEDICATED AND
COMMITTED TO FINDING THE PERSON
WHO ENDED SUCH A BEAUTIFUL LIFE,
SUCH A WONDERFUL DETECTIVE,
HUSBAND, FATHER, AND FRIEND.
WE WILL FIND THE PERSON
RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS RIDICULOUS,
ABSURD, UNNECESSARY LOSS OF
LIFE.
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THE SHOOTER KNOWS WHAT HE DID,
AND HE KNOWS HE DID IT TOO.
A BALTIMORE POLICE DETECTIVE.
$69,000 IS THE REWARD THAT IS
BEING OFFERED TO ANYONE WITH
INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP US
SOLVE THIS CASE.
IT SHOULDN'T TAKE $.69.
AND WE ARE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN
THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL STEP UP
AGAI AND STAND WITH THE
BALTIMORE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO
BRING THIS HEARTLESS, RUTHLESS,
SOULLESS KILLER TO JUSTICE.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE
MAYOR, RIGHT NOW.
>> FIRST, I WOULD ASK FOR
BALTIMORE CITY TO PRAY FOR THE
FAMILY.
AS THE POLICE COMMISSIONER SAID
THE FAMILY IS HERE WITH HIM.
HIS WIFE, NET COAL.
WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS -- HIS
WIFE, NICOLE.
WE'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS
THIS MORNING ABOUT THE GREAT
RELATIONSHIP THEY HAVE AND I ASK
YOU TO PRAY FOR HER, PRAY FOR
THEIR CHILDREN AND PRAY FOR OUR
CITY.
VIOLENCE IN THE CITY IS
OUT-OF-CONTROL.
I THINK JACK YOUNG SAID IT BEST
LAST NIGHT.
"I AM SICK AND TIRED OF BEING
SICK AND TIRED."
WE NEED TO STOP THE VIOLENCE.
I ASKED THE CITY TO PRAY FOR THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WHEN
THEY LEAVE THEIR HOMES THEIR
HEARTS GO WITH THEM.
NO ONE CAN ANTICIPATE THIS KIND
OF THING HAPPENING, BUT EVERY
LIFE LOST IN THIS CITY TO
VIOLENCE OR ANY OTHER ISSUE IS A
LIFE LOST TO BALTIMORE CITY.
AND OUR HEARTS AND PRAYERS GO
OUT TO ALL THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE
SUFFERED VIOLENCE IN THIS CITY.
AND WE ARE COMMITTED, ALONG WITH
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TO BRING
JUSTICE TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL'S
FAMILY WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED, OR
HURT BY VIOLENCE.
AND AGAIN, I ASK THE CITY OF
BALTIMORE TO PLEASE PRAY FOR
THIS FAMILY, A STRONG FAMILY, A
POLICE OFFICER WHO GAVE HIS LIFE
DOING HIS DUTY, A FORMER NAVY
OFFICER WHO HAS SERVED THIS
COUNTRY WELL AND HAS SERVED HIS
CITY WELL.
EVERYBODY HERE AT SHOCK TRAUMA
KNOWS HIM.
WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY KNOW HIM.
HE WAS WELL RESPECTED AND HE
WILL BE VERY SORELY MISSE BY
EVERYONE IN THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE FRIENDS
IN THE CITY, HIS FAMILY, AND ALL
OF US IN BALTIMORE CITY.
AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR POLICE
DEPARTMENT WHO RISK THEIR LIVES
EVERY DAY ON BEHALF OF THE
CITIZENS OF BALTIMORE.
AND BALTIMORE, WE CAN DO BETTER,
WE WILL, BUT IT IS ALL OF US
WORKING TOGETHER.
THERE IS A $69,000 REWARD, BUT
IT IS REALLY ABOUT HOW WE
EMBRACE OUR COMMUNITY AND BRING
THIS VIOLENCE TO A AND.
AND NOW WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR
DOCTOR, DR. STEIN.
>> AS WE HEARD, DETECTIVE SUITER
SUFFERED A SINGLE GUNSHOT WENT
TO HIS HAND.
-- GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS
HEAD.
OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO HIS FAMILY
AND THE ENTIRE CITY OF
BALTIMORE.
WE ARE BECOMING ALL TOO
ACCUSTOMED TO VIOLENCE, AND
VIOLENCE AS UNNECESSARY AND
TRAGIC AS WE SAW YESTERDAY AND
TODAY IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE TO
ALL THE CITIZENS OF BALTIMORE.
AND SO, ON BEHALF OF THE SHOCK
TRAUMA FAMILY, WE CONSIDER THE
BALTIMORE POLICE DEPARTMENT VERY
MUCH A PART OF OUR FAMILY.
WE KNEW DETECTIVE SUITER AND HE
WILL BE VERY SORELY MISSED.
PLEASE JOIN US IN GIVING OUR
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO HIS
FAMILY.
>> ANY QUESTIONS?
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
THEIR YOUNGEST IS 14.
THEY HAVE A 24-YEAR-OLD SON.
THEY RANGE IN AGE AND AGAIN, I
ASK YOU TO PRAY FOR THEM.
AS ANY FAMILY WOULD DO UNDER
THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, THAT IS WHY
I AM ASKING YOU TO PRAY FOR
THEM.
THEY ARE IN SHOCK.
THEY ARE IN PAIN, LIKE ANY
FAMILY IN THIS CITY WHO HAS
SUFFERED FROM VIOLENCE.
THEY ARE ALL SUFFERING, AND HIS
WIFE, THEY ARE ALL SUFFERING.
THEY HAVE GOT A LOT OF RELATIVES
HERE, COUSINS, IN-LAWS, FAMILIES
HAVE TRAVELED AS FAR AS FLORIDA
TO BE HERE WITH THEM.
AND SO, WE EMBRACE THEM AND WE
WILL HOLD THEM UP AND DO
WHATEVER WE CAN TO MAKE THESE
MOMENTS AS COMFORTABLE AS WE
CAN.
BECAUSE NOBODY CAN UNDERSTAND
PAIN UNLESS YOU HAVE SUFFERED IT
YOURSELF, LIKE THIS.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
CAN YOU DESCRIBE THEIR
RELATIONSHIP FOR US?
LIKE ANY BALTIMORE DETECTIVE,
HE INTERACTS WITH THE STEPS OF
MORE THAN ONE HOSPITAL.
HE HAS BEEN HERE INVESTIGATING
MANY CASES OVER THE YEARS AND
HAS GOTTEN TO KNOW THE DOCTORS.
HE PERSONALLY KNEW DR. SCALEA,
DR. STEIN, AND THEIR STAFF.
IT'S A CLOSE-KNIT RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN COPS AND DETECTIVES AND
THE FOLKS TO WORK AT SHOCK
TRAUMA AND THE VARIOUS EMERGENCY
ROOMS IN THE CITY BECAUSE THEY
ARE THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE
WHEN PEOPLE GET HURT IN THE CITY
, AND VICTIMS NEED JUSTICE DONE
FOR WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THEM.
WE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO DO IT AND
PROVIDED FOR THEM AND WE DO SO
VERY, VERY WILLINGLY.
WE WILLINGLY TAKE ON THIS
PROFESSION EVEN THOUGH IT IS
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT A POLICE
OFFICER OR DETECTIVE CAN'T
CONFRONT AN ARMED PERSON WHO
WISHES TO DO THEM HARM.
AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED YESTERDAY.
REPORTER: ANY REASON TO BELIEVE
THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY WHO ARE HELPING TO
HIDE THIS INDIVIDUAL?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE IS
HELPING TO HIDE THIS SUSPECT.
MY BEST HUNCH IS THAT MORE THAN
ONE OR TWO PEOPLE KNOW OR
SUSPECT THAT OUR KILLER WAS
INVOLVED IN THESE YESTERDAY.
AND WE ARE ASKING THOSE FOLKS TO
DO SOME SOUL-SEARCHING AND PICK
UP THE PHONE AND GIVE US A CALL.
WE ARE ASKING THE SHOOTER TO DO
THE RIGHT THING.
HE KNOWS WHAT HE DID.
HE KNOWS HE SHOT AND KILLED A
COP OR DO THE RIGHT THING.
CALL 911.
GOOD ONE HOSPITAL VERY GOOD WHAT
CHURCH.
GO ANYWHERE.
TURN YOURSELF IN.
REPORTER: CAN YOU TELL US AGAIN,
WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY, AND
WHEN THAT HAPPENED WAS ANYTHING
SAID AND WHERE DID THE SUSPECT
GO FROM THERE?
WE HAVE EVIDENCE THAT WE ARE
STILL COLLECTING FROM THE SCENE.
WE KNOW THAT THIS OCCURRED IN
WHAT IS NOW A VACANT SPACE IN
BETWEEN TWO ROW HOMES.
A ROW HOMES USED TO EXIST WITH
THIS MURDER OCCURRED.
NOW THAT ROW HOME DOES NOT EXIST
SO IT IS AN OPEN SPACE WITH SOME
DEBRIS, TREE STUMPS, A COUPLE OF
CHAIN-LINK FENCES.
THAT IS WHERE THE CONFRONTATION
TO PLACE.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY WORDS WERE
EXCHANGED.
WE ARE STILL LOOKING TO FIND
THAT OUT.
WE KNOW OUR SHOOTER FLED AFTER
HE KILLED DETECTIVE SUITER.
WE ARE LOOKING TO ESTABLISH A
DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AND ARE
LOOKING TO IDENTIFY WITNESSES,
ADDITIONAL WITNESSES.
WE HAVE INVESTIGATIVE LEADS
RIGHT NOW AND WE ARE FOLLOWING
THOSE LEADS BURIED HIM A VERY
DILIGENTLY.
BUT OUR KILLER WENT SOMEWHERE
AFTER HE SHOT AND KILLED
DETECTIVE SUITER.
AND HE PROBABLY INTERACTED WITH
SOMEONE AFTER HE SHOT AND KILLED
DETECTIVE SUITER, SO THIS PHOTO
THE ONES WE NEED TO HEAR FROM.
HE MAYBE
WOUNDED.
THERE IS EVIDENCE RIGHT NOW THAT
SUGGESTS THE SUSPECT MAY HAVE
BEEN WOUNDED AND WE ARE VERY
INTERESTED IN KNOWING IF ANYONE,
FAMILIES, FRIENDS, WE ARE
OBVIOUSL SEARCHING EMERGENCY
ROOMS AND DOCTORS OFFICES.
ANYONE WHO HAS AN UNEXPLAINED
INJURY, WELOINT THOSE FOLKS TO
PICK UP THE PHONE AS WELL AND
DE-SCRIBE THAT TO US -- WE WANT
THOSE FOLKS TO PICK UP THE PHONE
AS WELL, AND DESCRIBE THAT TO
US.
REPORTER:
[NO AUDIO]
[INDISCERNIBLE]
>> IT IS STILL A VERY ACTIVE
CRIME SCENE.
IN FACT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
EVIDENCE, FORENSIC EVIDENCE, AND
WE ARE KNOCKING ON DOORS, TWO OR
THREE TIMES, LOOKING FOR
WITNESSES, WHETHER IT IS AN
EYEWITNESS OR IN T EAR-WITNESS
.
IT IS STILL A VERY ACTIVE SCENE.
OUR POLICE ACADE STUDENTS
ROUTE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE
SMALLEST BIT OF EVIDENCE THAT
COULD HELP US SOLVE THIS CASE.
REPORTER: [INDISCERNIBLE]
CAN YOU PLEASE TELL US ABOUT
DETECTIVE SUITER'S CAREER.
YOUR FIRST QUESTION, NO.
THAT PERSON DOESN'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
18 YEARS AS A LONG TIME.
HE SPENT MANY YEARS IN WESTERN
DISTRICT PATROL WHERE HE WORKED
WITH A NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS
WHO EVENTUALLY BECAME HOMICIDE
DETECTIVES WITH HIM.
HE SERVED IN A COUPLE OF
SPECIALTY OPERATIONS UNITS, AS
WELL, AND SPENT TIME AS A
DISTRICT DETECTIVE AT THE
WESTERN UNIT.
HE HAS SEVERAL COMMENDATIONS
FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HE IS A LOVED GUY IN BPD.
REPORTER: [INDISCERNIBLE]
COMMISSIONER DAVIS: BALTIMOREANS
DON'T THROW UP THEIR HANDS
AND QUIT.
BALTIMOREANS ARE RESILIENT.
WE ARE DETERMINED TO DO BETTER
AS A CITY.
EVERY PLACE I GO IN THE CITY,
AND THE MAYOR I'M SURE HAS HAD
SIMILAR EXPERIENCES, EVERYBODY
WANTS TO WIN IN BALTIMORE.
NOBODY IS QUITTING OR THROWING
UP THEIR HANDS, UPSET AND
FRUSTRATED.
WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS
TO HOLD.
THAT IT IS STILL A SMALL NUMBER
OF VIOLENT CRIMINALS, AND MOST
OF THEM ARE VIOLENT REPEAT
OFFENDERS, ACCOUNTABLE.
SO AS WE TALK ABOUT THE CRIINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM, ALL PIECES OF
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM HAVE
TO WORK AND IN GLOVE TO HOLD
PEOPLE WHO DO THINGS LIKE WHAT
WAS DONE TO DETECTIVE SUI
TER
LAST NIGHT, ACCOUNTABLE.
I SUSPECT WHEN WE DO ARREST HIM
I'M GOING TO FIND OUT SOME
THINGS THAT ARE NOT WANT TO
SURPRISE ME.
REPORTER: IS HE FROM
PENNSYLVANIA?
>> HE IS LIVING THERE.
HE PRESENTLY RESIDES IN
PENNSYLVANIA WITH HIS FAMILY BUT
THAT IS NOT WHERE HE IS FROM.
HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN
WASHINGTON DC AND MADE HIS WAY
TO BALTIMORE.
>> HE MET HIS WIFE.
COMMISSIONER DAVIS.
: HE MET HIS WIFE, I'M WONDERFUL
WOMAN AND A WONDERFUL MOTHER.
THEY ARE RAISING THEIR CHILDREN.
REPORTER: DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE
DECISION TO TAKE THE DETECTIVE
OFF LIFE SUPPORT.
COMMISSIONER DAVIS: THERE ARE
PRIVACY ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH
THAT AND AS POLICE COMMISSIONER
I'M NOT COMFORTABLE TALKING
ABOUT IT.
KELLY.
REPORTER: [INDISCERNIBLE]
COMMISSIONER DAVIS: I ASKED THE
POLICE OFFICERS, AND THE
COMMANDERS BY ME ASKED POLICE
OFFICERS, WHAT YOU THINK
DETECTIVE SUITER WOULD WANT YOU
TO DO ABOUT THIS?
HE WOULD WANT YOU TO FIND THE
PERSON RESPONSIBLE.
HE WOULD WHAT YOU STAY IN THE
CRIME FIGHT.
DON'T GIVE UP.
I HAD MANY INTERACTIONS WITH
DETECTIVE SUITE.
MOST WERE ON ELEVATORS AT
HEADQUARTERS.
BUT HE IS A CAN-DO GUY AND HE
LOVE BEING A COP.
AFTER 18 YEARS, EVERYONE THAT
HERE'S THE CIRCUMSTANCES
SURROUNDING THIS INTERACTION
THAT TURNED OUT TO BE FATAL,
EVERYONE SAYS THAT THERE IS NO
DOUBT IN THEIR MINDS THAT
DETECTIVE SUITER WOULD
ABSOLUTELY WANT TO INVESTIGA
SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR IN A
COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN PLAGUED
BY CRIME.
EVEN AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS HE IS
STILL THE POLICE.
AND AFTER THAT AMOUNT OF TIM,
SEEING THE THINGS THAT HE HAS
SEEN AN STOPING DEDICATED TO THE
JOB, IT IS REALLY EASY TO HOLD
HIM UP AS AN EXAMPLE TO THE
DETECTIVES WHO ARE NOW CHARGED
WITH INVESTIGATING HIS MURDER,
AND THE PATROL OFFICERS WHO ARE
OUT THERE TODAY WHO ARE TASKED
WITH IDENTIFYING WITNESSES AND
EVIDENCE, AND COLLECTING
ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE.
REPORTER: [INDISCERNIBLE]
COMMISSIONER DAVIS WE HAVE
EVIDENCE THAT I AM NOT PREPARED
TO DESCRIBE THAT LEADS US TO
SUSPECT THAT THE SHOOTER MAY BE
INJURED.
AND I WANT TO SA TOO, AND
KEVIN THIS GETS BACK YOUR
QUESTION.
WE HAVE 150-SOMETHING POLICE
CHAPMANS.
SEVERAL DOZEN WERE HERE LAST
NIGHT.
THE POLICE CHAPLAINS ARE JUST A
GIFT FROM GOD WHEN IT COMES TO
HELPING THESE OFFICERS AND
DETECTIVES DEAL WITH THIS
LIFE-CHANGING AND DRAMATIC
EVENT.
REPORTER: [INDISCERNIBLE]
COMMISSIONER DAVIS: DETECTIVE
SUITER WITHOUT WITH A PARTNER.
THE PARTNER WAS IN THE IMMEDIATE
VICINITY.
THE PARTNER WAS THE ONE WHO
RENDERED AID TO DETECTIVE
SUITER.
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