breaking news out of the baltimore, police have released the names of six officers suspended with pay as they continue the investigation into the death of freddie gray one lieutenant, a sergeant and four police officers. officials promised an independent review and hope to present findings to the state s attorney by may 1st. the investigation now focusing on whether gray s death was an accident in a police van or something criminal that caused his injury. his spinal cord was nearly severed. they provided this video of the arrest and police say they used no undo force when they arrested him on april 12th and cited an autopsy that shows no indication that force was used. gray family attorney william billy murphy spoke with tamron hall this morning. this was a healthy man, who died as a result of serious spinal cord injuries and a broken neck while he was in police custody. that much is clear.
the community. we feel that frustration. we have a really good team captain, can you explain to everybody what was so suspicious about freddie gray healthy mid-20 something man who was then so severely injured that he died a week later after being handled by your force? you know every investigation is different and has unique principles that go to it. one of the things we said yesterday was mr. gray was in an area we know to be an area that is known for drug and violence. mr. gray was observed by some of the officers and they went to make contact and they fled. beyond that they are just certain things we can t get into because of the investigation and we need to let detectives be able to conduct interviews. i know that s a frustrating answer and we want to provide more to people and hopefully in the coming days able to do that. our commitment to the city and gray family to get to the bottom of exactly what happened. this kid is now dead.
more on the top story, baltimore police suspended six officers with pay. they hope to have the report handed over to state s attorney by may the 1st. the investigation now focuses on whether gray s death was an accident in a police van or if it was something criminal that caused his fatal injury. this video of the arrest provided by attorney for freddie gray. officials promised an independent review. joining me now is captain eric kowa kowalkhik. people have lots of questions about this case what is your best high poj this on how ray was so severely injured between the video cap tours the arrest to the time he was taken to shock trauma? first of all, thank you for the opportunity to be here. i don t want to get into speculating right now. our force investigation team is joined by our homicide unit and professional standards and