What happened when Michael Brown met Officer Darren Wilson
updated 5:00 PM ET, Tue Aug 26, 2014
By Rachel Clarke and Christopher Lett, CNN
What law officials and a Wilson family friend say
11 a.m. to Noon, Saturday August 9
Officer Darren Wilson responds to a call of a sick person.
At the store. 11:51 a.m. Saturday August 9
Someone at Ferguson Market and Liquor, a convenience store at 9101 W. Florissant Avenue, places a 911 call.
The next minute a dispatcher gives a description of a suspect over radio. A different officer arrives at the store where the alleged strong-arm robbery occurred.
The dispatcher relays information from a witness that the suspect is walking toward the QuikTrip at 9420 W. Florissant Ave.
On Canfield Drive, First Encounter
Wilson leaves the scene of the sick call and encounters Michael Brown and Dorian Johnson on Canfield Drive.
"Josie," a purported friend of the family, relays what she says Wilson's "significant other" told her about what he said happened next. The account matches what Wilson has told investigators, a source tells CNN.
Josie: "They were walking in the middle of the street. He rolled his window down and said, 'Come on guys. Get out of the street.' They refused to and were yelling back, saying we're almost where we're going and there was some cussing involved."
Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson also said Wilson approached Brown because he was "walking down the middle of the street, blocking traffic."
Tussle, first shot
Josie: "So he goes in reverse back to them. He tries to get out of his car. They slam his door shut violently. I think he said Michael [Brown] did. Then he opens his car again and tries to get out and as he stands up Michael just bum rushes him, and just shoves him back into his car, punches him in the face and then of course Darren grabs for his gun and Michael grabs the gun. At one point he's got the gun totally turned against his hip and then he shoves it away and the gun goes off."
"The genesis of this was a physical confrontation," St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said.
Wilson tries to exit his vehicle but Brown pushes him back into the car, according to the preliminary investigation, Belmar said.
Brown physically assaults the police officer and there is a struggle over the officer's gun, Belmar said.
A shot is fired inside the police car.
Brown runs, then turns
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osie: "Michael takes off with his friend. They get to be about 35 feet away and Darren [Wilson], of course protocol is to pursue. So he stands up and yells, ‘Freeze!' Michael and his friend turn around and Michael starts taunting him. ‘Oh, what are you going to do about it? You're not gonna shoot me.'
Josie: "And then he said all of a sudden [Michael] just started to bum rush him. He just started coming at him full speed so [Wilson] he just started shooting and he just kept coming. So [Wilson] really thinks [Brown] was on something because he just kept coming. It was unbelievable. And then so he finally ended up, the final shot was in the forehead and then
he fell about 2, 3 feet in front of the officer."
Jackson, Ferguson police chief, said Wilson was taken to a local hospital and treated for a swollen face.
At least six bullets hit Michael Brown, including a fatal shot to the head, the family's autopsy shows.
One bullet entered the top of Brown's head.
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