Ferguson police reveal officer’s name
Aug 15, 2014, 12:49 PM | Updated: 1:53 pm
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Police in Ferguson said Darren Wilson was the officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager in the St. Louis suburb.
The officer’s name was revealed Friday morning.
Police have said 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot after an officer encountered him and another man on the street. They say one of the men pushed the officer into his squad car, then physically assaulted him in the vehicle and struggled with the officer over the officer’s weapon. At least one shot was fired inside the car. The struggle then spilled onto the street, where Brown was shot multiple times.
Witnesses have said the officer fired on Brown as he tried to run away.
Wilson has been with the force for six years and has had no disciplinary incidents.
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