Yankees Send Flowers, Note To Baltimore PD To Honor Slain Detective

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- The New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles are big rivals on the baseball field, but the Yankees put aside their rivalry to send flowers and a note to the Baltimore Police Department to pay their respects for slain detective Sean Suiter.

The note from the Yankees read: "With our deepest sympathies, out thoughts and prayers go out to the entire Suiter Family and the family of the Baltimore City Police Department. The New York Yankees"

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Suiter was shot and killed at close range with his own service weapon on Nov. 15. He was investigating a murder in the Harlem Park neighborhood.

No suspect has been named, and a $215,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest in the case.

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