Police in Baltimore say that officers transporting Freddie Gray in a van made a previously undisclosed stop while en route to the police station.
Gray suffered fatal and unexplained spinal injuries while in police custody, sparking two weeks of protests that turned violent on Monday night.
Police said they found out about the new stop from a security camera.
Investigators have handed over their inquiry into Gray's death to the state's attorney's office.
The city's top prosecutor, Marilyn Mosby, will now decide whether to take the case to a grand jury to seek an indictment of any of the six officers involved.
"We discovered this new stop based on our thorough and comprehensive and on-going review of all CCTV cameras and privately-owned cameras," Deputy Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said.
"This new stop was discovered from a privately owned camera."
The Associated Press reports that the new video came from a Korean grocery shop.
Members of the National Guard have been on patrol in the city since riots broke out on Monday
Various police vehicles were set alight during the riots
Gray was injured when arrested in Sandtown on 12 April. He lapsed into a coma and died a week later.
Mobile phone video from a bystander shows two officers dragging Gray into the van by the arms.
According to the police timeline of the arrest, the van took 30 minutes to take him to the police station, where paramedics were called.
While in the van, Gray was requesting medical attention which he was wrongly denied, police have admitted.
Previously, police had said the van made three stops, including one to put him in leg irons and another to pick up another prisoner.
The new stop makes four in total.
Five of the six officers involved in the arrest gave statements to investigators the day Gray was injured.
All six officers have been suspended.
A separate investigation by the US Department of Justice is also under way.
Police timeline of Freddie Gray's arrest
- Sunday, 12 April, 0839: Officers approach Gray and he flees on foot
- 0840: Gray arrested on corner of Presbury Street, Sandtown
- 0842: Police request a van
- 0854: Van departs with Gray inside, conscious and speaking
- 0854-0924: Van makes a total of four stops between arrest and police station arrival
- 0924: Police request paramedics to take Gray to hospital
What we know about Gray's death
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