An autopsy obtained by The Baltimore Sun Tuesday revealed that Freddie Gray's death was caused by a single "high-energy" injury — like those seen in shallow-water diving incidents — most likely when the police van in which he was riding suddenly decelerated, according to the medical examiner.
It also contained some other details that provide some insight into Gray's death on the morning of April 19 at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center:
- Gray's cause of death is listed as a "neck injury, homicide."
- The circumstances that led to his injury — which were the subject of separate investigations by Baltimore police and the state's attorney's office — were determined to be that Gray was an "unbelted occupant of a police transport van."
- Gray was pronounced dead at 5:59 a.m. on April 19, and the medical examiner was notified at 8:18 a.m.
- The autopsy was performed at 9 a.m. the following day, Monday, April 20.
- Gray's listed address is not in Gilmor Homes, where he was arrested, but the 2400 block of Callow St., in Reservoir Hill.
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