The news I heard was clear that the officer was already at the scene and was going to pull away, when the description of Brown and Johnson doing the robbery came in, and he looked in rear view mirror and realized that was the robbers, so he started backing up.
That’s when Brown slammed his door shut on the officer... when the officer tried to get out and arrest him....that was a felony resisting arrest, and they all three struggled over the officer’s gun as it was pointed at the officer and he pushed it away and it went off, then Brown ran, but turned around to charge the officer when he said ‘freeze’.
The shots were fired when Brown started back toward the officer. One shot was fired during the struggle over the gun and the rest after Brown started back toward the officer ignoring ‘Freeze’...... all of this the account by Officer Wilson’s friend in MO on the radio show, as told to him by Wilson.
Is that right scenario, I would bet on it, but there are others who want to back up Brown...Johnson is a liar and a thief, so I do not find him credible...maybe some of it.
So there are several accounts going around, and this one seems logical to me as to why the officer fires several times, he had already been in a struggle with Brown and almost lost his gun....if Brown had continued running, I doubt he would have been shot, and back up would have been called. However Brown turned around to run toward the officer putting the officer in danger, that is grounds for the shooting, because he had already been in a struggle with the robbers....all of it happened within minutes.
Was Brown surrendering when the officer said ‘Freeze’? NO He kept coming toward the officer....’Hands up’?....maybe, but I doubt it. How would a lone officer react when 292 lbs of attacking 6’4” flesh is charging him, after a struggle with both of the robbers already and he managed to keep his gun. I would have shot him...if that is correct scenario, it would be justifiable homicide.
Here is the Timeline from DM:
A MATTER OF MINUTES: TIMELINE OF THE MICHAEL BROWN SHOOTING
11.48am - Officer Darren Wilson and an ambulance crew were at an unrelated call about a sick person
11.51am - A 911 call comes in about a ‘strong- armed’ robbery at a nearby convenience store
11.52am - Police radio dispatch gives a description of two robbery suspects who assaulted a clerk and stole Swisher Sweet cigars. The clerk says the suspects were walking toward the QuickTrip gas station
11:57:47 - the suspect’s description was released by dispatch
12:00:00 Wilson left the scene of the sick call
12.01pm – Officer Wilson encounters Michael Brown walking in the middle of the street in the 2900 block of Canfield Drive. The officer shoots Brown dead following an altercation
12.04pm – A second officer arrives on scene and the ambulance from the sick call arrives to give Brown medical attention. He is declared dead at the scene
12.05pm – A supervisor arrives at the scene of the shooting
According to this the description would have been aired 2 minutes before he left the sick call — not while driving to the 911 location.
Nice job! Your post fits all facts as I've seen them.
The part that I couldn't figure out was why the officer backed up, but it would make sense if it wasn't until after the initial contact that he heard the description.