OFFICER WHO SHOT MICHAEL BROWN SAYS HE FEARED FOR HIS LIFE (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Saturday, October 18, 2014, 12:07

The white police officer who shot dead Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in August, sparking protests which continue in October, reportedly told investigators he feared for his life in an altercation with the teenager just before the shooting.

The New York Times reported that officer Darren Wilson told authorities he was pinned in his vehicle during an altercation with Brown, and that the teenager reached for his gun. The report cited government officials briefed on the federal civil rights investigation into the 9 August incident.

Brown, 18, who was unarmed, was shot six times.

FBI forensic tests showed that a gun was fired twice in Wilson’s car. Wilson told investigators that Brown reached for the gun. One bullet struck Brown and the other missed him. The tests also showed Brown’s blood on the gun, an interior door panel of the car and on Wilson’s uniform.

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