Charges Filed Against the Officers
Officer Edward M. Nero
Acquitted of all charges in May 2016. Agreed to modest internal discipline in October 2017.
Second-degree assault
Two counts of misconduct in office
Reckless endangerment
Officer Caesar R. Goodson Jr.
Acquitted of all charges in July 2016. Found not guilty on administrative charges in November 2017.
Second-degree depraved-heart murder
Involuntary manslaughter
Second-degree assault
Manslaughter by vehicle (gross negligence)
Manslaughter by vehicle (criminal negligence)
Misconduct in office
Reckless endangerment
Lt. Brian Rice
Acquitted of all charges in July 2016.
Involuntary manslaughter
Second-degree assault
Two counts of misconduct in office
Reckless endangerment
Officer Garrett E. Miller
Prosecutors dropped all charges in July 2016. They agreed to modest internal discipline in October 2017.
Second-degree assault
Two counts of misconduct in office
Reckless endangerment
Officer William G. Porter
Judge declared a mistrial in December 2015. Prosecutors dropped all charges in July 2016.
Involuntary manslaughter
Second-degree assault
Misconduct in office
Reckless endangerment
Sgt. Alicia White
Prosecutors dropped all charges in July 2016.
Involuntary manslaughter
Second-degree assault
Misconduct in office
Reckless endangerment
Timeline of the Events on the Morning of April 12, 2015
This sequence is based on statements by Marilyn J. Mosby, the state’s attorney in Baltimore, as well as statements by the Baltimore police.
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Mr. Gray arrested
Stop 1
Stop 2
Stop 3
Western
District
police station
Central
Booking
West Baltimore
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83
Mr. Gray arrested
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Western
District
police station
Central
Booking
West Baltimore
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Stop 4
83
Mr. Gray arrested
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Western District
police station
Stop 3
Stop 2
Central
Booking
West Baltimore
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Stop 4
83
Mr. Gray arrested
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Stop 3
Western District
police station
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Central
Booking
West Baltimore
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Stop 4
83
Mr. Gray arrested
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St. Peter’s
Cemetery
Stop 3
Western District
police station
Stop 2
Central
Booking
West Baltimore
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Stop 4
83
Mr. Gray arrested
Stop 1
St. Peter’s
Cemetery
Stop 3
Western District
police station
Stop 2
Central
Booking
West Baltimore
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8:39:12 a.m.
Initial ContactLt. Brian W. Rice and Officers Edward M. Nero and Garrett E. Miller were on bike patrol near the corner of North Avenue and Mount Street. Lieutenant Rice made eye contact with Mr. Gray, who ran away.
2,000 feet
Stop 4
Mr. Gray arrested
Stop 1
Stop 3
Stop 2
Western
District station
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Stop 4
Mr. Gray arrested
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Stop 3
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Western
District station
N. Mount St.
Presbury St.
N. Mount St.
Presbury St.
8:39:52 a.m.
“I Got Him”Mr. Gray surrendered to Officers Miller and Nero in the 1700 block of Presbury Street. “I got him,” one officer stated, according to Jerry Rodriguez, the Police Department’s deputy commissioner.
8:40 a.m.
Inhaler RequestedMs. Mosby said the officers handcuffed Mr. Gray and placed him face down. Mr. Gray said he could not breathe and requested an inhaler, but did not receive one, Ms. Mosby said.
Illegal Arrest AllegedOfficers Miller and Nero put Mr. Gray in a seated position and find a folding knife, which Ms. Mosby said was legal under Maryland law. The officers charged Mr. Gray with illegal possession of a switchblade. The officers then placed Mr. Gray down on his stomach and restrained him until the police van arrived.Ms. Mosby said Lieutenant Rice and Officers Miller and Nero “failed to establish probable cause for Mr. Gray’s arrest as no crime had been committed.”
No Seatbelt UsedThe police van, driven by Officer Caesar R. Goodson Jr., arrived. The officers put Mr. Gray into the van but did not secure him with a seatbelt, as required by department regulations, Ms. Mosby said.
2,000 feet
Stop 4
Mr. Gray arrested
Stop 1
Stop 3
Stop 2
Western
District station
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Stop 4
Mr. Gray arrested
Stop 1
Stop 3
Stop 2
Western
District station
8:46 a.m.
Stop No. 1Ms. Mosby said Lieutenant Rice directed Officer Goodson to stop. She said Officers Miller and Nero and Lieutenant Rice removed Mr. Gray from the van and placed him in leg restraints. Mr. Gray was loaded head first onto the floor of the van, Ms. Mosby said.
Between 8:54 and 8:59 a.m.
Critical Neck InjuryLieutenant Rice directed Officer Goodson to take Mr. Gray to Baltimore’s Central Booking and Intake Center, Ms. Mosby said. “Following transport from Baker Street, Mr. Gray suffered a severe and critical neck injury as a result of being handcuffed, shackled by his feet and unrestrained inside the B.P.D. wagon,” she said.
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Stop 4
Stop 1
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Western
District station
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Stop 4
Stop 1
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Western
District station
Mosher St.
N. Fremont
Ave.
Mosher St.
N. Fremont
Ave.
Stop No. 2Officer Goodson stopped the van at Fremont Avenue and Mosher Street and went back to observe Mr. Gray. “Despite stopping for the purpose of checking on Mr. Gray’s condition, at no point did he seek nor did he render any medical assistance for Mr. Gray,” Ms. Mosby said. With Mr. Gray still unsecured by a seatbelt, Officer Goodson returned to the driver’s seat and continued on to Central Booking, Ms. Mosby said.
2,000 feet
Stop 4
Stop 1
Stop 3
Stop 2
Western
District station
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Stop 4
Stop 1
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Western
District station
8:59 a.m.
Stop No. 3A few blocks later, Ms. Mosby said, Officer Goodson called dispatch for help checking on his prisoner. Officer William G. Porter arrived and he and Officer Goodson went to the back of the van. “Mr. Gray at that time requested help and indicated that he could not breathe,” Ms. Mosby said. She said Mr. Gray “indicated at least twice that he was in need of a medic.” Officer Porter helped Mr. Gray from the floor of the van to the bench, she said, but neither officer belted him in nor requested or rendered medical assistance.
Metal barrier separates
left and right sides.
Metal
barrier
Another person who
was arrested was put in
the left compartment.
Police vans
can have a third
compartment.
Bench seats with seatbelts
Mr. Gray was placed in the right compartment.
Metal barrier separates
left and right sides.
Metal
barrier
Another person who
was arrested was put in
the left compartment.
Police vans
can have a third
compartment.
Bench seats with seatbelts
Mr. Gray was placed in the right compartment.
Metal barrier separates
left and right sides.
Metal
barrier
Another person
who was arrested
was put in the left
compartment.
Police vans
can have a
third com-
partment.
Bench seats
with seatbelts
Mr. Gray was placed in
the right compartment.
Picking Up Another PersonA call went out for a van to pick up and transport another person who had been arrested. “Despite Mr. Gray’s obvious and recognized need for assistance,” Ms. Mosby said, “Officer Goodson, in a grossly negligent manner, chose to respond.”
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Stop 4
Stop 1
Stop 3
Stop 2
Western
District station
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Stop 4
Stop 1
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Stop 2
Western
District station
Stop No. 4Ms. Mosby said Officer Goodson was met here by Officers Nero, Miller and Porter. Sgt. Alicia D. White and Officers Porter and Goodson observed “Mr. Gray unresponsive on the floor,” Ms. Mosby said. Sergeant White spoke to the back of Mr. Gray’s head, and he did not respond. “Despite Mr. Gray’s seriously deteriorating medical condition, no medical assistance was rendered or summoned for Mr. Gray at that time by any officer,” Ms. Mosby said. The additional prisoner was loaded into the van on the opposite side. For the fifth time, according to Ms. Mosby, Officer Goodson failed to restrain Mr. Gray with a seatbelt.
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Stop 4
Stop 1
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Stop 2
Western
District station
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Stop 4
Stop 1
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Western
District station
9:24 a.m.
Arrival at Police StationWhen the van arrived at the Western District police station, Ms. Mosby said, Mr. Gray was not breathing. A medic was called and Mr. Gray was rushed to the University of Maryland’s Shock Trauma Center, where he died a week later.