BALTIMORE — Baltimore Police have arrested a man in connection to the shooting death of Howard County Sheriff's Deputy Ryan Demby.
Police have charged 40-year-old Jewel Crowder of Baltimore with first-degree murder.
On Monday morning, he was denied bail.
The shooting happened just after midnight on Friday outside of Wayward Bar on South Charles Street.
Witnesses say an argument broke out between other people at the bar, and the bar asked those people to leave.
Police say the fight continued outside, and then Demby, who had only served as a deputy for less than a year, was shot. Police don't know why he was targeted or if he was involved in the fight.
Demby was off duty at the time of the shooting.
"I have no words to describe another devastating loss to our city, our law enforcement community, to the family and friends of the deputy. This should have never happened," Acting Police Commissioner Richard Worley said.
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Police also did not say how many people were involved in the fight.
Howard County Sheriff Marcus Harris says Demby was an overall good person, following in his father's footsteps as an officer.
"If this happened to anybody in my department, I would feel this way, but he was like a son to me, so it's been extremely tough. When I got the call, I didn't believe it, but I don't think anybody on my staff believed it. Such a good young man," he said.
Mayor Brandon Scott is now calling for a bigger push to resolve conflict without gun violence.
"The most courageous thing that we can do, all of us, is find the ways to peacefully resolve any conflict. But this is yet another example of why we have to learn how to do that," Mayor Scott said.
Crowder's court date is set for October 26.
Anyone with any information about this shooting is asked to call Baltimore Homicide Detectives at 410-396-2100.
