Jury Deadlocked on Day Two of Freddie Gray Deliberations

UPDATE (5:30 p.m.)—Jurors were reportedly deadlocked Tuesday during the second afternoon of deliberations in the trial of Officer William Porter.

Porter, 26, is a Baltimore policeman charged with manslaughter, second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office in connection with the death of Freddie Gray.

Gray died in mid April from what prosecutors allege was a spinal injury in police custody. Porter’s lawyers said he was not responsible for the death.

After announcing they were deadlocked, members of the jury continued deliberating for two hours, then went home for the day at 5:30 p.m. with plans to return Wednesday morning, according to ABC 2 News.

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Upon receiving the note at 3:20 p.m., Judge Barry Williams reread the jurors some of the official jury instructions and sent them back for more deliberations, encouraging them to try to reach agreement, according to WNEW.

A deadlock means that jurors are in fundamental disagreement about the verdict. The decision regarding each charge must be unanimous, Williams said previously.

The deadlock came after approximately nine hours of deliberation, WNEW reports.