BALTIMORE — It was not unusual for Sean Suiter to be roaming through one of the city’s most violent neighbourhoods as night fell. The 18-year police veteran spent his early days as an officer patrolling West Baltimore, returning often as a homicide detective seeking closure for those mourning loved ones lost on its streets. With a single gunshot to Suiter’s head, the gunman transformed a detective charged with solving Baltimore’s murders into the city’s 309th homicide of the year. It is the second time this month that a police officer has been shot in Baltimore. “I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired of crime in the city of Baltimore,” City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young said.

Source: National Post November 17, 2017 15:17 UTC