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The death of Baltimore man Freddie Gray was the result of a "high-energy injury" to his spine and was ruled a homicide due to "acts of omission" by police, according to 

. The newspaper cites a copy of the unreleased autopsy report from the state medical examiner's office.
Gray, 25, died in a hospital in April, after being taken into police custody and put in a police van. The case — one of a string of high-profile incidents in which U.S. police killed unarmed black men — outraged the local community and eventually 

 that prompted the National Guard to be deployed in Baltimore.


The newspaper adds that the medical examiner compared Gray's injury to one that someone might sustain if they dove into shallow water.


One day after a Baltimore Police Department task force finished its report on the case, the city's chief prosecutor, Marilyn Mosby, 

announced criminal charges against six police officers

, with charges ranging from assault to second-degree murder. The officers were formally indicted last month and have pleaded not guilty. A trial is slated to begin this fall.  Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

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The death of the unarmed black man was a homicide that resulted from "acts of omission" by the police, according to The Baltimore Sun.

Autopsy attributes Freddie Gray's death to 'high-energy injury,' report says

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