Buffalo
Officer suspended after being seen coming out of home of hospital shooting
person of interest
WGRZ in Buffalo confirms that a man Hamburg police found coming out of
Dr. Timothy Jorden's home in Lake View Wednesday morning was a Buffalo Police
officer, Martin Motley III.
Motley is seen in the attached
photo wearing a yellow t-shirt and tan shorts.
When stopped by Hamburg police as
he was leaving Dr. Jorden's home, Motley was carrying a personal gun, $5,000 in
cash and a Rolex watch.
After being questioned by the
Department's Internal Affairs division, Motley was suspended without pay.
Motley has been out on
injured-on-duty status for the last three years.
Motley attended Bennett High
School in Buffalo with Dr. Jorden, and the two men are said to be good friends.
Dr. Jorden is the "person of
interest" in the shooting at Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) Wednesday
morning that left a woman dead. Jorden is on the loose and is considered armed
and dangerous.
Questioned by WGRZ on Thursday
about Officer Motley, Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda did not offer many
details.
Scott Brown: "Is Motley
facing any criminal charges in this case?"
Commissioner Derenda: "Right
now, it's under investigation, we're still investigating why he was
there."
Scott Brown: "Was he helpful
in giving you any information about Dr. Jorden?"
Commissioner Derenda: "I
can't talk about that -- it's part of the investigation."
In fact, two different sources
tell WGRZ's Scott Brown that Motley gave investigators no useful information
when he was questioned about why he was at Jorden's house, what he was going to
do with the money and the watch, or where Dr. Jorden was.
Motley joined the force in 1988,
and was a member of the SWAT team. He went out on Injured-On-Duty status in
2009.
"Internal Affairs is looking
into why he was there [at the house] and out of confinement, and homicide is
talking to him about why he was there, also," Derenda said.