Overview

• Maryland’s chief medical examiner issued the homicide ruling in the June 24 case, while withholding the cause of death because the investigation remains open.
• State investigators on Wednesday released more than six hours of body-camera footage showing officers restraining Melton during an apparent mental-health crisis as he repeatedly said he could not breathe.
• An ambulance never arrived despite multiple calls, officers ultimately drove Melton to Grace Medical Center around 10:30 p.m., and he was pronounced dead shortly after 3 a.m.
• The Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division continues its probe and has identified 10 involved officers; a police spokesperson said all remain on full duty except one with a shoulder injury.
• Baltimore’s mayor has said a heat-related Computer-Aided Dispatch failure contributed to the delayed medic response, and the family’s attorney called the death a preventable tragedy.