The City of Baltimore has reached a $6.4 million settlement with the family of Freddie Gray, who died from a fatal spine injury while in police custody back in April.

Gray, a 25-year-old black man, died of a severe and critical neck injury on April 19, exactly seven days after he was apprehended by cops in Baltimore. According to officials, Gray was arrested for carrying a legal switchblade knife on the morning of April 12, and was then placed inside of a police van. However, he sustained sufficient neck injuries while riding in the van, and died a week later.

Following his death, the six officers involved with arresting and transporting Gray -- Edward Nero, Garrett Miller, William Porter and Caesar Goodson, and Lt. Brian Rice and Sgt. Alicia White -- were arrested on reckless endangerment charges, reports NBC News. Rice, Porter and White are additionally facing manslaughter, while Goodson has also been charged with second-degree murder.

On Wednesday, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced that the city's Board of Estimates approved the multimillion dollar settlement to "avoid continuing anxiety and distraction," "years and years of protracted civil litigation" and a "significant expense."

Rawlings-Blake, who also sits on the Board of Estimates, also said that she hopes the settlement gives the victim's family a "measure of closure."

"All of us realize that money cannot, will not -- there's no possibility -- to bring back a loved one. I hope that this settlement will bring a level of closure for the family, for the police department and for our city," she said, according to CNN.

The mayor also stated that the settlement does not "represent any judgment" on the guilt or innocence of the six police officers charged in the case or by the city. That trial will continue to go through normal proceedings.

Billy Murphy, the attorney representing the Gray family, said settling potential civil claims without litigation was "an extraordinary result." Litigation puts family members "through hell," he said.

According to him, if the case had went to court, "it could easily have taken three years to resolve, and no grieving family wants to go through that," he said. "And our city would not want to go through that."