Suspect Arrested In the Murder Of Foghound Bassist Rev. Jim Forrester


Police in Baltimore have arrested one of the two suspects in the murder of Foghound/Serpents of Secrecy/ex-Sixty Watt Shaman bassist Rev. Jim Forrester. Forrester was shot to death on December 18th, while making a phone call to his wife outside of the Baltimore Tattoo Museum, where he worked.

Police identified 29-year-old Michael Bailey who was arrested in connection to Forrester’s murder. He was charged with first-degree murder and various other counts, said T.J. Smith, a police spokesman.

Bailey was identified as one of two suspects seen in a surveillance video that police previously released, Smith said.

“The suspect that we have in custody is this man right here with the hat, the ball on top, the second suspect that has the cell phone, in his hand is the suspect we are still looking for, tips from the community have been instrumental in helping us, and we are asking people to continue calling in.

It was certainly a senseless act. I really don’t have any further information about a motive. It appears they approached him. It happened relatively quickly. And one of the individuals pulled out a gun and shot him.

“This is a case that we’re still investigating, We’re still searching for information on the second suspect.”