A terrible story out of Northwest Baltimore tonight. Police said a fleeing drug suspect crashed into a vehicle carrying an elderly couple, causing the heart attack death of an 86-year-old man. While the crash occurred because suspects were trying to elude police, the incident particularly hit home for the agency because the victim was the father of a city officer. It's a tragic example of the peripheral damage of the city's drug trade.
Police said the suspects — tentatively identified as Umar Burley, 29, and Brent Matthews, 29 — had 35 grams of raw heroin in their vehicle. Burley has twice been charged with handgun violations that were later dropped, and has three drug convictions, according to court records.