ALAN SCHER ZAGIER, Associated Press
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Authorities have released the federal autopsy in the Ferguson police shooting.
The autopsy on 18-year-old Michael Brown was performed by the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System at the request of the Department of Justice. The conclusions were similar to those reached in autopsies performed by the St. Louis County medical examiner and a private examiner hired by Brown’s family.
The autopsy report was included in documents released Monday by St. Louis County prosecutors.
The Justice Department autopsy found Brown died from multiple gunshot wounds and had severe head and chest injuries. It noted the latter might have been an exit wound from a shot that entered Brown’s arm or forehead.
The autopsy also found a minor gunshot wound to Brown’s right hand was evidence of close range discharge of a firearm.