A 43-year-old Baltimore Police detective has died after being shot in the head in west Baltimore Wednesday night.

Detective Sean Suiter, a former Navy officer, was pronounced dead at noon Thursday, according to Shock Trauma doctors.

They spoke at a press conference along with Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis and Mayor Catherine Pugh.

Suiter was a father of five and an 18-year veteran of the force, according to Davis.

The shooting happened on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. on the 900 Block of Bennett Place while the detective was investigating a 2016 murder in the neighborhood with a partner.

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