Baltimore Police Seek Help Identifying Suspect In City Employee’s Killing

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are asking for the public’s assistance identifying the antheral suspected of sidesplitting a metropolis worker successful beforehand of his children past week successful Northeast Baltimore.

Jake Rogers, a 34-year-old worker of the Department of Public Works, was recovered changeable soon earlier 8:30 a.m. Dec. 9 successful the gait of a location connected Holder Avenue. He did not survive.

Police connected Monday released surveillance images of the suspect, who’s described lone arsenic a Black antheral of mean tallness and physique dressed successful each achromatic who was seen moving from the scene.

Police said the fishy was past seen moving northbound connected Holder Avenue.

Rogers was putting his 3 children successful the family’s van to spell to schoolhouse erstwhile neighbors said they heard respective gunshots ringing out. Neighbor Tracy Stover said his woman rushed implicit to assistance Rogers’ children.

“By the 2nd oregon 3rd [shot], I realized it wasn’t a spread oregon thing similar that, that it was a gun,” Stover told WJZ. “(My wife) ran implicit determination to the van and grabbed the kids. She was handing maine the kids. I was trying to get them successful the doorway portion the commotion was going on.”

Rogers had been employed by the Department of Public Works since 2000.

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Anyone with accusation astir the individuality oregon whereabouts of Rogers’ slayer is asked to telephone constabulary astatine 410-396-2100. To enactment anonymous, telephone Metro Crime Stoppers astatine 1-866-7LOCKUP.