Baltimore police van transporting Freddie Gray made previously undisclosed stop, CCTV reveals
CCTV footage has revealed a third stop made by the police van
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Your support makes all the difference.The police van transporting Freddie Gray made a previously unknown stop as it travelled to a Baltimore station, an inquiry has revealed.
Gray’s death from a severe spinal injury he sustained while he was in police custody has led to riots, protests and widespread unrest across the region and other cities in the US.
A police investigation into what happened between the time the 25-year-old was arrested and was taken to hospital has shown officers made a previously undisclosed stop, which was discovered by CCTV footage from a shop security camera.
"We discovered this new stop based on our thorough and comprehensive and on-going review of all CCTV cameras and privately owned cameras," Deputy Police Commissioner Kevin Davis announced on Thursday.
Police investigators have turned over their inquiry into the incident to Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore’s highest prosecutor, who will decide whether to seek an indictment of the six officers involved from a grand jury.
The store owner Jung Hyun Hwang told the Associated Press that he was visited by two police officers during the week of 20 April, who later made a copy of the footage.
Mr Hwang said he does not know what was on the footage and says his original recording was on a laptop which was stolen during the first night of riots.
Timeline of events leading up to Gray’s hospitalisation:
8.40am: Gray is arrested after fleeing on foot from officers on Presbury Street, in the Sandtown neighbourhood.
8.45am: The van leaves with Gray inside of it. At this point he is conscious.
Stop One: Gray is placed in leg cuffs after he allegedly became “irate”, according to the police report.
Stop two: The police van stops at the junction of N Fremont Avenue and Mosher Street. This stop has only just been revealed.
Stop three: The van stops and its driver requests backup to check on Gray.
Stop four: The van stops to pick up another detainee.
9.24am: Police call for paramedics to take Gray to hospital, where he died a week later.
Investigators believe Gray struck his head on a bolt in the van, an official told the Washington Post. The official said he had other head injuries which were consistent with what medical examiners witness from car collisions.
A prisoner who rode in the van claimed he heard sounds suggesting Gray was banging his own head against the wall, according to a document written by a police investigator and obtained by the newspaper. The other prisoner could not see Gray because they were separated by a metal divider.
Police have admitted Gray wasn’t wearing a seat belt in the van and requested medical help, which was ignored.
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