Police Release Video In Fells Point Shooting

Baltimore police are looking for two men in the murder of a body piercer and musician outside his Fells Point tattoo parlor.

James Forrester, 43, was found outside his business in the 1500 block of Eastern Avenue at around 7:35 p.m. Monday suffering from what was later found to be a single gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he died a short time later.

Police on Friday distributed video of two black males they consider suspects.

"They're murderers," police spokesman Chief T.J. Smith said. "They need to be people who are taken off the street and taken off the street now."

Anyone with information about the killing is asked to call police at 410-396-2100 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP or text a tip to 443-902-4824.

Smith also downplayed the delay in the FBI's response to a police request that they take charge in the weeks-old investigation into the death of Detective Sean Suiter. He said that regardless of who is running the investigation, police are working side by side with federal counterparts.

"They have to prove that they have jurisdiction over a case like this before they can take the case," Smith said.

There is a $215,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in that case.