Baltimore

Alternate Replaces Ill Juror at Trial for Baltimore Officer Charged in Freddie Gray's Death

One of the jurors has been replaced at the trial of a Baltimore police officer charged with manslaughter in the death of Freddie Gray.

Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams announced at the outset of Monday's session that juror number eight, a woman, has been excused due to a medical emergency. She's been replaced on the 12-member panel by alternate juror number one, a man.

The substitution shifts the makeup of the jury to seven women and five men. The jury includes four black women, three white women, three black men and two white men. 

The change came on the sixth day of the trial of Officer William Porter. He's the first of six officers charged in the case to face trial.

Gray was a 25-year-old black man who died in April after suffering a neck injury in police custody. Officer Porter is also black.

Copyright AP - Associated Press
Contact Us