St. Louis Police Department Press Conference on police shooting of unarmed teen #MichealBrown: as tweeted by TJ Holmes: - Police chief starting briefing. Says there was struggle with officer on the street. #MichaelBrown - Police chief: officer was pushed into his car and physically assaulted by subject. #MichaelBrown - Police chief says there was a struggle in the car over the officers gun. #MichaelBrown - Chief: doesnt know how many times #MichaelBrown was shot. It was more than just a couple but I dont think it was many more than that. - Police chief: #MichaelBrown was not armed when he was shot. - Police chief: one round was fired within the police car during a struggle. #MichealBrown - Police chief abruptly ends press conference after making a statement. Reporters only got in 2 or 3 questions at the end. #MichaelBrown - Officer who shot #MichaelBrown is on paid administrative leave. Will be interviewed more extensively today. - Police claim #MichaelBrown physically assaulted officer in police car, & there was a struggle over officers weapon b4 officer killed him. - Police chief: officer who shot #MichealBrown has been on force 6 years, and there havent been of any previous issues on officers record. - Police chief: theres about 35 feet between officers car and where #MichaelBrown was shot. - Police chief did not explain what initially started the confrontation between officer and #MichaelBrown. - For the community demanding answers, there werent a lot today. #MichaelBrown
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 16:03:04 +0000