BALTIMORE — A man was charged Sunday in the death of an off-duty Baltimore police detective who was killed the night before by a blow to the head during a fight over a parking space, police said.
Sian James, 25, was charged Sunday with first-degree murder in the death of Det. Brian Stevenson. James fled the scene and was caught hours later at a nightclub, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.
Stevenson, who would have turned 38 on Sunday, was out with a friend Saturday night celebrating his birthday and pulled into parking spot. James approached the officer after he got out of his vehicle and threw a stone or piece of concrete, hitting the detective in the head, Guglielmi said.
James, who has a history of domestic violence, left the scene with a woman he was with, but was arrested hours later at Mosaic, a downtown nightclub, after police quickly gathered and interviewed witnesses, Guglielmi said.
While investigators questioned James, his companion and witnesses overnight, other officers were at the side of grieving family members at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, where emergency crews had taken Stevenson.
He was an 18-year veteran with the department, Guglielmi said.
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