Freddie Gray Family to Receive $6.4M from Baltimore for Wrongful Death: Report

The family of Freddie Gray has reached a settlement with Baltimore City in a wrongful death case that will, if approved by the Baltimore Board of Estimates, award the Gray family $6.4 million, according to The Washington Post.

Gray, 25, died April 19 in police custody, one week after he was arrested on Presbury Street. Authorities said the cause of death was a spinal injury.

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Six officers have been charged in connection with Gray’s death and are being tried separately.

In a statement Tuesday, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake made a distinction between the two cases.

“The proposed settlement agreement going before the Board of Estimates should not be interpreted as a judgment on the guilt or innocence of the officers facing trial,” Rawlings-Blake said in the statement.

“This settlement is being proposed solely because it is in the best interest of the city,” she continued, “and avoids costly and protracted litigation that would only make it more difficult for our city to heal and potentially cost taxpayers many millions more in damages.”