Six Baltimore police officers to be charged with the death of Freddie Gray

The death of Freddie Gray has been ruled a homicide caused by severe trauma.

State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, the chief prosecutor for Baltimore, has announced that her office has also found probable cause to pursue criminal charges in connection to the case.

Mosby announced a series of charges now facing the 6 police officers involved in putting Gray in custody and transporting him in the police wagon on the morning of April 12.

The charges vary for each individual, but include several counts of manslaughter, second-degree assault, misconduct in office, and false imprisonment among others.

The most serious charge she listed was second-degree depraved heart murder, which only one officer faces. A warrant has been issued for the police officer’s arrest, Mosby said.

Gray, 25, was taken into police custody in Baltimore on April 12 and sustained a spinal injury during that time that required medical attention. He went into a coma several days later and died a week after his apprehension. Police have never said why they took him into custody in the first place, noting only that he ran from officers, and they have not publicly explained how Gray received the spinal injury.

Source: Associated Press