Death of Sean Suiter

[6] Former Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said Suiter was not a target of the federal investigation around the Gun Trace Task Force.

Suiter however, was connected earlier in his career to several members of the corrupt Gun Trace Task Force including Sgt.

Members of an outside review board[10][11] released a 207-page report[12] and concluded that Suiter was not murdered but took his own life because he was due to testify before a grand jury the next day and staged his death to appear like a murder so his family could receive line of duty benefits in case he lost his job as a result of incriminating details coming to light the grand jury testimony.

The review board argued that Suiter was under duress about potentially being tied to corruption through the Gun Trace Task Force case, and had "every incentive" to make his suicide appear to be a murder.

[13][14] The Baltimore Sun Editorial Board published a detailed article arguing why the theory that Suiter was murdered was implausible.

However, the FBI declined, saying it had no evidence to suggest Suiter's death was "directly connected" to the corruption probe or any other federal case.

[20] The controversy around Suiter's death was once again brought to public attention with HBO's release of We Own This City, a portrayal of the Gun Trace Task Force scandal.