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Suiter’s death remains controversial — it is officially a homicide, with questions raised about whether he killed himself and staged it to look like a murder.

The move follows an outcry from Suiter’s family that the unsolved case was being ignored.

Family members of fallen Baltimore homicide detective Sean Suiter, frustrated that they believe his case has been cast aside, are speaking out and alleging his death could be an “inside job.”

Former Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force detective Momodu Gondo, who stole money as an officer while aiding members of a drug crew on the side, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday.

The Baltimore Police Department faced an unprecedented number of challenges in 2018 that included leadership turnover, cases of officer misconduct, continued high levels of violence and the final convictions in one of the biggest police corruption scandals in city history.

By Jessica Anderson

Dec 20, 2018

Leaked video shows Baltimore Police homicide detectives interviewed an informant who described the death of Det. Sean Suiter as a homicide and identified a lead on a possible suspect.

The Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office asked the medical examiner’s office not to make any potential changes to the ruling on the cause of death of homicide Det. Sean Suiter, citing lingering questions about DNA evidence, according to a key member of the independent panel that reviewed his death.

From the death of Freddie Gray to scandals over surveillance planes and body camera videos, the Baltimore Police Department has had a rocky three years.

By Tim Prudente

Oct 11, 2018

Today will be the third public quarterly hearing with the judge enforcing the Baltimore Police consent decree that calls for widespread reforms.

By Jessica Anderson

Oct 9, 2018

The list released Thursday shows more than 40 names, including a mix of senior department commanders, detectives who investigated their colleague’s death, other law enforcement officials and city residents who lived near the crime scene.

There are a lot of reasons people distrust the conclusion that Det. Sean Suiter committed suicide. One of the big ones may be simply that we don't want it to be so.

By Dan Rodricks

Sep 4, 2018

By now it should be clear to everyone that the current structure of the Baltimore City Police Department as a state-owned agency is broken beyond repair. Baltimoreans want, deserve and can have a much improved police department. Providing that starts with changing the structure of the department.

For the sixth time in less than a decade a group taking a close look at the Baltimore Police has delivered a lengthy report on the department's failings and issued a lengthy set of recommendations on how to fix them. This time the authors warned that they can't go unheeded again.

By Ian Duncan

Sep 1, 2018

A report from an independent review board concluded homicide Det. Sean Suiter committed suicide. We're taking reader questions about the Suiter case.

Former Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis slams the Independent Review Board report, again

By Catherine Rentz

Aug 30, 2018

For the family of Det. Sean Suiter an independent panel's finding that he took his own life could mean the loss of more than half a million dollars in benefits.

By Ian Duncan

Aug 30, 2018

Baltimore Police Commissioner Gary Tuggle said the death of Sean Suiter officials remains an open case, despite an outside panel concluding the homicide detective took his own life.

By Ian Duncan

Aug 29, 2018

The widow of Sean Suiter is rejecting the findings of an independent review panel that determined her husband took his own life.

A report on the death of homicide detective Sean Suiter by an independent panel of policing experts provides a detailed timeline of the minutes surrounding his fatal shooting.

By Ian Duncan

Aug 29, 2018

After Sean Suiter's death was ruled a suicide by the Independent Review Board, he will still be honored as a "Fallen Hero" at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, unless his family requests otherwise.

By Sarah Meehan

Aug 29, 2018

Maybe Sean Suiter killed himself. Maybe not. The only thing that's certain is that the Baltimore Police Department shouldn't take the latest report into his death as an excuse to close the case and move on.

A report by a outside panel of policing experts sets out in detail why the evidence shows Baltimore Police Det. Sean Suiter took his own life in November and scrutinizes the investigation into the incident.

By Ian Duncan

Aug 29, 2018

Baltimore Police on Tuesday released a report from an independent review board that concludes homicide Detective Sean Suiter was not killed by an assailant, but likely took his own life.

Baltimore City Police released report by independent review board on the death of Baltimore Police Det. Sean Suiter.

The public has heard too many stories from the police about Det. Sean Suter's death to believe the conclusion that it was a suicide — or anything else.

The conclusion by an independent panel of policing experts that Baltimore police Det. Sean Suiter committed suicide raises several new questions.

By Ian Duncan

Aug 28, 2018

Former Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis, who led the city force last November when Det. Sean Suiter was shot to death, is criticizing the anticipated finding by an independent review board that the fallen officer likely took his own life.

On the street where Baltimore police detective was found dying, many disbelieve he would have taken his own life

By Catherine Rentz

Aug 27, 2018

A timeline of the investigation into Baltimore homicide Detective Sean Suiter's death, according to statements by public officials and Baltimore Sun reporting.

The independent panel appointed to review the death of Baltimore homicide Det. Sean Suiter has concluded that the officer likely took his own life, according to a source with knowledge of the findings.

The independent board that reviewed the investigation into the killing of Baltimore Police Detective Sean Suiter has delivered its draft report to the police commissioner, the board chair said Friday.

Baltimoreans have reason to harbor doubts about the independence of the panel investigating Sean Suiter's death.

The family of an 86-year-old man killed during a high-speed chase by officers who later were part of the Gun Trace Task Force is suing the Baltimore Police Department, Maryland and the city, seeking $25 million in damages for what they say is a wrongful death.

The independent board reviewing the investigation into the death of Baltimore Police homicide detective Sean Suiter was to vote on its conclusions about the case Tuesday, and its final report could be made public within a month, the panel’s chair said.

The consent decree hearing comes after the department has suffered a series of blows in recent weeks.

By Jessica Anderson

Jul 26, 2018

The Baltimore police response in Harlem Park following the fatal shooting of Det. Sean Suiter “raise clear constitutional concerns,” which included unwarranted stops, pat downs and warrant checks of residents, the monitoring team overseeing the consent decree has found.

By Jessica Anderson

Jul 18, 2018

An independent panel tasked with investigating the death of Baltimore Police Detective Sean Suiter said Thursday it will issue its final report at the end of July.

By Jessica Anderson

Jun 28, 2018

Two men who served federal prison time after Baltimore Police planted drugs on them in 2010 to justify a fatal high-speed chase filed a lawsuit Wednesday and will ask for more than $40 million in damages, according to their attorneys.

On Sunday, she would have turned 30 years old. Her life was only just beginning, Gov. Larry Hogan told the crowd. He said her death was the result of a "heinous" crime.

A spokesman for the police department and members of the Independent Review Board said at its second meeting Tuesday that the suspension, and later resignation, of Police Commissioner Darryl De Sousa, hadn’t halted the panel’s progress.

By Jessica Anderson

May 15, 2018

In body-camera footage newly obtained by The Baltimore Sun, two Baltimore police officers discuss “running” against criminal databases the names of Harlem Park residents stopped while traveling to and from their homes amid the sprawling investigation into the death of Det. Sean Suiter in November.

By Kevin Rector

May 10, 2018

The annual Fallen Heroes Day ceremony recognizes police officers and firefighters who have died in the line of duty, and each year since it began in 1986, more families who have suffered the loss join the ranks.

By Jessica Anderson

May 4, 2018

Norman "Fred" Buchman, who was killed on duty in 1973, and Baltimore Police Det. Sean Suiter, who was fatally shot and killed in November, will be among those honored Friday at the annual Fallen Heroes Day at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Timonium.

By Jessica Anderson

May 3, 2018

The public understands that the Baltimore Police Department went to great lengths to investigate Sean Suiter's death. But that doesn't justify curtailing the constitutional rights of city residents.

Police body-camera footage from the days after Det. Sean Suiter was shot to death in West Baltimore shows residents of Harlem Park living under police watch — with officers stopping everyone entering the neighborhood and residents having to show identification.

The period following the death of Freddie Gray was supposed to be a time when Baltimore restored the community’s faith in the police department. Yet in 2017, the Baltimore Police Department found itself mired in scandal after scandal.

Despite no apparent progress in the investigation into the killing of Baltimore homicide detective Sean Suiter, police say they do not consider the investigation to be a “cold case.” Baltimore Police chief spokesman T.J. Smith said police continue to receive information in the 3 month old case

The former supervisor of the corrupt Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force is set to plead guilty, according to court records and his attorney.

The FBI has rejected calls for it to take over the investigation into the fatal shooting of a Baltimore homicide detective who was set to testify in a federal police corruption case, saying it has no evidence to suggest Det. Sean Suiter’s death was connected to the corruption probe.

By Kevin Rector

Dec 27, 2017