Transcript for Outrage in Baltimore Over Freddie Gray's Death
Good evening. And we begin this Monday night in Baltimore, where there is an intense focus on several videos now captures of the same arrest. The suspect being put into the back of a police van. That suspect, Freddie gray, would end up with a severed spine. He would later die. It is unclear how it happened. Late today, Baltimore police saying none of the officers described any use of force. You can see gray being put in the back of that van. Tonight, the justice department telling ABC news the civil rights division is considering opening an investigation into the death of gray while in custody. Tonight, the police commissioner acknowledging this is a community on edge, with many asking, what happened while in that van? ABC's David Kerley is in Baltimore tonight. Reporter: Tonight, new video from a police camera that still doesn't explain the arrest and death of Freddie gray. This cell phone video shows him being take on the a police van in a high crime area. Seven days later, the 25-year-old was dead. Today, an autopsy shows he suffered a severe spinal injury. The family's attorney says the burden for that injury belongs to the police. They're responsible for what happened to him, because it happened in their custody under extraordinarily suspicious circumstances that cry out for transparency and full disclosure. Reporter: Police documents say gray was taken into custody without force or incident. But then, according to police, he suffered a medical emergency. Police say gray ran from police who pursued him, arresting him as this video shows at 8:39. Four minutes later is when he's put into that police van and he asks for an inhaler. At 8:46, the van driver says, he gets irate. They pull over and leg Irons are put on. A medic isn't called until 9:24. Gray is then hospitalized. So tonight, still, the question, where did gray suffer such a traumatic injury? And where was it caused? Was it here where he was arrested? Or was it in the van? Or is it purely a medical emergency? I know that when Mr. Gray was placed inside that van, he was able to talk, he was upset and when Mr. Gray was taken out of that van, he could not talk and he could not grooebreathe. Reporter: Baltimore's major says the injury happened in the van. That still seems unclear. Without answers, six Baltimore police officers tonight are on suspension. The answers so far are inadequate for residents who for a second night are out protesting. City leaders calling for calm as they continue their investigation. David? David Kerley leading us off from boaltimore.
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