Attorneys for the family of Michael Brown have claimed that a private autopsy conducted on the teenager’s body indicated that there was no struggle between Brown and Police Officer Darren Wilson, and that the 18-year-old was shot at least six times before he died.
Doctor Michael Baden, a former New York City medical examiner, as well as his assistant, Doctor Shawn Purcell, conducted the autopsy on Brown at the request of the teenager’s family. The two of then spent about three hours examining Brown’s wounds at a local funeral home that the body was delivered too after it was released by the St. Louis Medical Examiner.
According to Doctor Baden, Brown was shot at least six times by Officer Wilson before being killed by a bullet that entered the top of his head and exited out of the back. Doctor Baden also claims that “there weren’t signs of a struggle” on Brown’s body, information which contradicts reports by police officers in Ferguson, who claim that Brown had assaulted Officer Wilson.
However, Doctor Baden said that this information did not necessarily indicate that Brown was surrendering to Officer Wilson when he was shot. The angle of the wounds could possibly be consistent with Brown charging at Officer Wilson.
“There are many different witness testimonies,” said Baden. “Many seem to line up in one direction, some in another direction. Right now until we get more information we can’t, from a forensic science point of view, can’t distinguish and can’t make an absolute judgment.”
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