UPDATE: Criminal Charges Handed To 6 Baltimore Cops In Freddie Gray’s Death

Justice may be around the corner as reports claim the six officers responsible for arresting Maryland man Freddie Gray have been hit with criminal charges.

Details of the officers receiving homicide charges surfaced Friday (May 1).

State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby declared that Freddie Gray’s death was a homicide, his arrest was illegal, and his treatment in custody amounted to murder and manslaughter. Onlookers began to cheer and then express amazement over Mosby’s announcement, which few expected so quickly. “The findings of our comprehensive, thorough and independent investigation coupled with the medical examiner’s determination that Mr. Gray’s death was a homicide,” Mosby said, “we have probable cause to file criminal charges.” (ABC News)

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According to CNN affiliate WJLA, Gray’s placement in a police van after being arrested ultimately cost him his life.

The sources quoted by the Washington-based station said the medical examiner had determined Gray’s death was caused by a catastrophic injury after he slammed into the back of the police transport van while inside it, “apparently breaking his neck; a head injury he sustained matches a bolt in the back of the van.” The station said it was unclear what caused Gray to slam into the back of the van and whether Gray caused the injury. (CNN)

A man who was allegedly in the police van with Gray has come forward to speak out and suggest the injuries came from police hurting him.

New reports also claim police made an unaccounted stop with Gray before arriving to the police station.

The Baltimore police on Thursday handed over to prosecutors the results of their much-anticipated initial investigation into the fatal injury suffered by a young man in their custody, including the discovery that a police van carrying the man made a previously undisclosed stop en route to a police station. The new stop turned up on video taken from “a privately owned camera,” said the deputy police commissioner, Kevin Davis. He added that it was “previously unknown to us,” but he did not elaborate. (NY Times)

An unnamed relative to one of the six suspended officers has come forward to suggest as many three of the cops may be responsible for Gray’s injuries.

“Six officers did not injure this man,” she said. “Six officers didn’t put him in the hospital. I’m worried that instead of them figuring out who did, that six officers are going to be punished behind something that maybe one or two or even three officers may have done to Freddie Gray.” (CNN)