Detective Sean Suiter's Funeral To Attract Thousands To Baltimore

BALTIMORE, MD — Thousands of police are expected to attend the funeral for Detective Sean Suiter on Wednesday. Suiter was shot Nov. 15 while following up on a triple homicide from 2016, according to police. He died the following day. The suspect remains at large, and there is a $215,000 reward for information.

The 43-year-old homicide detective had been with the Baltimore Police Department for 18 years. He is survived by a wife and five children.

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The funeral is expected to be a large event, and traffic modifications will be in effect throughout the day. From 1 to 3 p.m. due to the procession, drivers are advised to avoid I-95 north, I-895 and southbound I-95 approaching I-695 on the northeast corner.

The funeral service for Suiter will take place at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 29, at Mount Pleasant Church, 6000 Radecke Avenue, Baltimore.

Among those speaking at the funeral will be Gov. Larry Hogan, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh and Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis. Friends, relatives, loved ones and colleagues of Suiter will also participate, along with Bishop Clifford Johnson and the Mt. Pleasant Choir.

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Radecke Avenue will be closed to through traffic between Cedonia and Hamilton Avenues from approximately 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday for the funeral, the Baltimore Department of Transportation advised.

After the funeral ends, a procession will travel to Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens via I-95 north to I-695 west to I-83 north to Padonia Road. The procession is expected to take place around 1 p.m.

Major delays are anticipated on the outer loop of I-695 between I-95 and I-83, and I-83 from I-695 to Padonia Road.

Following the service at Mount Pleasant Church — between 1 and 3 p.m. — state transportation officials said these traffic restrictions will be in place for the procession:

• All mainlines of northbound I-95 will be closed, plus access from northbound I-895 (Harbor Tunnel Thruway) and Moravia Road.
• Drivers will be diverted into the northbound I-95 Express Toll Lanes. (Tolls will be waived.)
• Northbound I-95 traffic will have the option to exit at MD 43/White Marsh Boulevard or return to mainline northbound I-95.
• As the procession passes, I-95 and I-895 will reopen, and express tolls will be reinstated.

Above is a map from the Maryland State Highway Administration. Memorial graphic from the Baltimore Police Department.