Jarrel Gray

How they died

Less-than-lethal force

Cpl. Rudy Torres hit Gray with the a Taser twice after responding to a reported outdoor fight involving three young men, according to Frederick Police Department investigators. They found that Torres gave Gray a five-second jolt after the intoxicated, 150-pound young man didn't respond to commands to lie down and remove his hand from inside the front of his pants. Gray fell to the ground, face down, but witnesses disagree about whether his hands were outstretched or still hidden beneath him. The state medical examiner's office concluded it was a "sudden death associated with restraint and alcohol intoxication."

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Jarrel Gray, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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