A private, family-requested autopsy shows that Michael Brown was shot at least six times — twice in the head — with all of the bullets striking him in the front.
The report was made available to The New York Times on Sunday.
One of the bullets entered the top of Mr. Brown’s skull, suggesting his head was bent forward when it struck him and caused a fatal injury, according to Dr. Michael M. Baden, the former chief medical examiner for the City of New York. Dr. Baden, who flew to Missouri on Sunday at the family’s request to conduct the autopsy, said it was probably the last of the bullets to hit him.
Mr. Brown was also shot four times in the right arm, Dr. Baden said.
The rounds did not appear to have been fired from very close range because no gunshot powder residue was present on his body.
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Shots were from the front and not the back (so, "poof" goes the statement of one "witness" who said he was shot while running away from the officer). One person related that after slugging the officer and trying to get his gun, he ran 30 feet, turned around, taunted the officer and then charged him. The autopsy will reveal whether or not he was high on drugs and could have acted in an irrational fashion.
According to this doctor, the most trusted pathologist in the world, says the wound on the right forearm is consistent with being shot from behind.
Witnesses. Several.
Michael Donahue: Can you provide a source? The NYT article everyone seems to be referring to says unequivocally "all the bullets were fired into his front."
Answering my own question: There's a "a superficial graze wound, to the middle part of the right arm" which, as I read this, the direction of which could not be determined, which is not surprising. Consistent with either direction.
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