Sean Suiter, 43, was set to testify before a federal grand jury about an incident that occurred years ago involving BPD officers, Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said during a news conference . The Baltimore police detective who was fatally shot in the line of duty last week was scheduled to testify in a federal case against officers indicted earlier this year, the Baltimore Police Department confirmed Wednesday. At Wednesday’s news conference, Davis attempted to dispel any rumors that Suiter’s pending testimony was related to his death. Suiter was not a target of the ongoing federal investigation of the eight officers, members of Baltimore’s elite Gun Trace Task Force, according to police. “Upon the sound of gunfire, Detective Suiter’s partner sought cover across the street,” Davis explained.

Source: Huffington Post November 23, 2017 05:15 UTC