Mourners filed for hours past the coffin of Freddie Gray in Baltimore on Sunday as they paid respects following a night of violent protests.

All afternoon, a steady stream of people entered the funeral home for a wake for the 25-year-old black man who died a week after an encounter with police left him with grave spinal injuries.

Mourners also gathered outside the funeral home, Vaughn Green East. Some held up signs that read, "We remember Freddie" and "Our Hearts Are With The Gray Family".

Melissa McDonald, 36, who said she was Gray's cousin, wore a shirt with "Freddie Forever" printed on the back. She described her cousin as a non-violent person.

"He didn't deserve to die the way he did," she said.

Several mourners like Tina Covington, 46, said they didn't know the family but came to express their condolences. Covington said she has a 27-year-old son.