City police wrote in court documents that Freddie Gray was arrested "without force or incident" for having a switchblade knife and suffered a medical emergency during transport.
The documents provide the first account of Gray's arrest last week, during which time he was critically injured and later died. The case has sparked outrage, and police have said little about the circumstances, saying the case was under investigation.
The account is provided in charging documents filed in District Court, where officer Garrett Miller wrote that Gray was stopped because he "fled unprovoked upon noticing police presence." When Gray, 25, was stopped, they found a knife clipped to the inside of his front pants pocket and placed him under arrest.
"The defendant was arrested without force or incident," Miller wrote. "During transport to Western District via wagon transport the defendant suffered a medical emergency and was immediately transported to Shock Trauma via medic."
City police have said that video of the incident — which shows a portion of the arrest — does not show use of force at the time of Gray's arrest, and the cause of his injuries remains unclear.
An attorney hired by Gray's family said his spinal cord was severed. He died Sunday morning, a week after the April 12 incident.
The officers involved have been placed on administrative assignment pending the outcome of the investigation.
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