Six Baltimore police officers have officially been charged in the death of Freddie Gray following an investigation that ruled his death as a homicide.

Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby told CNN Friday that her office has filed charges, after a medical examiner's determination led her to determine that there was probably cause to do so. The names of the officers have not yet been released.

Combined, the six officers face several counts, including second-degree depraved-heart murder, manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, and second-degree assault.

Other charges they will face, according to ABC News, include misconduct in office and false imprisonment. One officer, the driver of the police van, is the only one facing the charge of second-degree depraved-heart murder, and a warrant has been issued for his arrest.

Gray, 25 was taken into police custody in Baltimore on April 12, and sustained a spinal injury during that time which required medical attention. He went into a coma several days later and died a week after his arrest. Why he was taken into custody was never explained, nor was how he received the spinal injury.

Gray's death was the latest in a series of cases plaguing the U.S. in the last year involving the deaths of black prisoners at the hands of white officers. Ferguson, MO was the epicenter of initial riots after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown last summer, which continued after officer Darren Wilson was not indicted by a grand jury in November.

A similar case also occurred in Staten Island, N.Y., when Eric Garner was placed in a chokehold by officer Daniel Pantaleo during an arrest, and also died. Pantaleo was also not indicted by a grand jury, sparking protests throughout New York.

South Carolina officer Michael Slager was charged with murder in April of this year after a video surfaced which showed him shooting and killing 50-year-old Walter Scott.


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