#Urgent: Ferguson shooting – Officer’s account. A source with detailed knowledge of the investigation into the Ferguson, Missouri, shooting of Michael Brown says that the account of a caller to St. Louis radio station KTFK matches the account of Officer Darren Wilson as to what happened at the time of the shooting. The caller to the radio station, identified only as “Josie,” told listeners she knew Officer Wilson’s side of the story. In detail, she laid out Wilson’s account, summarized below: He says the boys were walking in the street, he rolled window down and told them to get out of street. He may have called for backup when he pulled over. He heard the call for the strong armed robbery and saw the teens carrying something that might have been cigars. He pulled over and when he tried to get out of the car, twice he was pushed back into the car by Michael. Michael then punched him in the face and Darren reached for his gun. Michael grabbed the gun and at one point had the gun pushed again Darren’s hip so Darren pushed the gun away and the gun went off. Michael and his friend ran and Darren got out of the car and pursued as is protocol. He told them to freeze and Michael and his friend turned around. Michael started to taunt him and said he wouldn’t shoot him. Michael then bum rushed him and started coming at him full speed so Darren started shooting. She said that Darren really thinks he was on something. He said the final shot was in the forehead and he fell two or three feet in front of the officer. The source with detailed knowledge of the investigation into the shooting told CNN that “this account is accurate.” The source declined to add any more detail. The web version of the radio program can be found here: 971talk/blogs/dana-show-blog/audio-demand/exclusive-caller-claims-be-friends-darren-wilson-knows-his-side
Posted on: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 18:07:25 +0000
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