A Baltimore police officer said that Freddie Gray asked for medical care while he was in a police van after his arrest on April 12. But the officer, who is among those charged in Gray’s death, also said he wondered whether the 25-year-old was faking his injuries because he wanted to go to a hospital instead of jail, reports the Baltimore Sun. Six police officers have been charged in connection to Gray’s death, which sparked protests and riots.

One of those charged is William Porter, who told police investigators that he had been asked to go check on Gray in the back of the police van. “Help me,” Gray reportedly told him, “Help me up.” Porter asked if he needed to go to the hospital, to which Gray said yes. At that point, Porter allegedly told the van’s driver that the city would refuse to book Gray because he needed medical care, according to documents that the Baltimore Sunexamined that summarize the officers’ statements. He also had doubts, though. “Everybody plays the ‘I need to go to hospital’ thing when they get arrested,” Porter said. Another officer said Porter told her Gray’s medical problem was “jail-itis.” By the time the van stopped at a police station, Gray was in cardiac arrest.

The statements, some of which contradict each other, shed light on why the judge has asked the officers to be tried separately. Prosecutors have even asked Porter to testify first because he will be called as a witness against two other officers. In a statement, the police officers’ defense attorneys say the leak of their clients’ statements was “both unfair and unconstitutional.”