A hung jury has resulted in a mistrial against an officer who was charged with the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who sustained injuries while in police custody earlier this year.

Judge Barry Williams declared a mistrial after the jury could not reach a unanimous decision on whether Porter was guilty of manslaughter, second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office in the April 19 death of Gray, who passed away a week after his neck was broken during a ride in the back of a police van.

According to NBC News, the case against Porter was considered the strongest, and does not bode well for the trials of five officers scheduled for early next year, meaning prosecutors could have a tougher time of convicting the men of the crime than initially believed.

A new court date will be determined during an administrative hearing on Thursday.

The jury in the trial consisted of four black women, three black men, three white women and two white men. It is unclear if their inability to reach a decision has yet sparked any protests in the city, though officials are prepared for unrest, which reached a peak in April after Gray's funeral.

Unrest is possible in the wake of the decision after other white cops who were accused of the murders of black men in other cities-including officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, and Daniel Pantaleo in New York-were not indicted for the deaths of Michael Brown or Eric Garner. The decision to not indict either men led to protests in the past.

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