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“Numerous witness accounts were consistent with Wilson’s account and also agreed with the physical evidence at hand. Many witnesses corroborated that Wilson acted in self-defense during the event.

A number of the witnesses who corroborated Wilson’s account of events expressed fear and apprehension in testifying, saying they had been harassed or threatened by individuals from the Ferguson community.[8]:pp.27–34

The following are a sample of the witnesses whose accounts aligned with Wilson’s testimony.

Witness 102 was a 27-year-old biracial male. He said he saw Wilson chase Brown until Brown abruptly turned around.

Brown did not put his hands up in surrender but made some type of movement similar to pulling his pants up or a shoulder shrug and then made a full charge at Wilson.

Witness 102 thought Wilson’s life was threatened and he only fired shots when Brown was coming toward him.[8]:pp.27–28

After the shooting Witness 102 remained in the neighborhood for a short period of time, and corrected a couple of people who claimed Wilson “stood over [Brown] and shot while [he was] on the ground”.

In response, Witness 102 said Wilson shot Brown because Brown came back toward Wilson. Witness 102 “kept thinking” Wilson’s shots were “missing” Brown because Brown kept moving.[8]:p.28

Witness 102 did not stay in the neighborhood for long, and left the area shortly afterward because he felt uncomfortable.

According to the witness, “crowds of people had begun to gather, wrongly claiming the police shot Brown for no reason and that he had his hands up in surrender.

Two black women approached Witness 102, mobile phones set to record, asking him to recount what he had witnessed.

Witness 102 responded that they would not like what he had to say. The women responded with racial slurs, calling him names like ‘white motherfucker’.”[8]:p.28

Witness 103, a 58-year-old black male, testified that from his parked truck he saw “Brown punching Wilson at least three times in the facial area, through the open driver’s window of the SUV...

Wilson and Brown [had] hold of each other’s shirts, but Brown was “getting in a couple of blows [on Wilson]”[8]:p.29

Wilson was leaning back toward the passenger seat with his forearm up, in an effort to block the blows. Then Witness 103 heard a gunshot and Brown took off running.

Wilson exited the SUV, appeared to be using his shoulder microphone to call into his radio, and chased Brown with his gun held low...Brown came to a stop near a car, put his hand down on the car, and turned around to face Wilson.

Brown’s hands were then down at his sides. Witness 103 did not see Brown’s hands up.

Wanting to leave, Witness 103 began to turn his car around in the opposite direction that Brown had been running when he heard additional shots.

Witness 103 turned to his right, and saw Brown “moving fast” toward Wilson. Witness 103 then drove away.”[8]:p.29

Witness 104, a 26-year-old biracial female, witnessed the end of the altercation from a minivan:

[Witness 104] saw Brown run from the SUV, followed by Wilson, who “hopped” out of the SUV and ran after him while yelling “stop, stop, stop”.

Wilson did not fire his gun as Brown ran from him.

Brown then turned around and “for a second” began to raise his hands as though he may have considered surrendering, but then quickly “balled up in fists” in a running position and “charged” at Wilson.

Witness 104 described it as a “tackle run”, explaining Brown “wasn’t going to stop”.

Wilson fired his gun only as Brown charged at him, backing up as Brown came toward him.

Witness 104 explained there were three separate volleys of shots. Each time, Brown ran toward Wilson, Wilson fired, Brown paused, Wilson stopped firing, and then Brown charged again.

The pattern continued until Brown fell to the ground, “smashing” his face upon impact.

Wilson did not fire while Brown momentarily had his hands up.

Witness 104 explained it took some time for Wilson to fire, adding that she “would have fired sooner”.

Wilson did not go near Brown’s body after Brown fell to his death.[8]:p.30

Witness 108, a 74-year-old black male, told detectives the police officer was “in the right” and “did what he had to do,” and that statements made by people in the apartment complex about Brown surrendering were inaccurate.

Witness 108 later told investigators he “would have fucking shot that boy, too”, and mimicked the aggressive stance Brown made while charging Wilson.

He explained Wilson told Brown to “stop” or “get down” at least ten times, but instead Brown “charged” at Wilson.

Witness 108 also told detectives there were other witnesses on Canfield Drive who saw what he did.[8]:p.32

Witness 109, a 53-year-old black male, said he decided to come forward after seeing Dorian Johnson “lie” about the events on television.[8]:p.32

He said when Wilson asked the two boys to get out of the street, Brown responded something to the effect of “Fuck the police.”

Afterward, Wilson got out of his car and Brown hit him in the face.

Witness 109 said he saw Wilson reach for his taser but dropped it and then grabbed a gun, after which Brown grabbed for Wilson’s gun.

According to 109, at one point Brown ran away from Wilson, but turned around and charged toward the officer.

He said Wilson fired in self-defense, and did not appear to be shooting to kill at first.[8]:p.33

Witness 113, a 31-year-old black female, made statements that corroborated Wilson’s account.

She said she was afraid of the ‘neighborhood backlash’ that might come from her testimony, and feared offering an account contrary to the narrative reported by the media that Brown held his hands up in surrender.[8]:pp.33–34

She also told investigators she thought Wilson’s life was in danger.

Witness 136 was in his apartment using a video chat application on his mobile phone while the shooting occurred.

After hearing the first few shots, he recorded the remainder of his chat on his phone and turned it over to the FBI.

The recording is about 12 seconds long and captured a total of 10 gunshots.

The gunshots begin after the first four seconds. The recording captured six gunshots in two seconds.

After a three-second pause, a seventh gunshot is heard.

A pause of less than one second gave way to the final three-shot volley within two seconds.

The recording was not time-stamped.

As detailed below, this recording is consistent with several credible witness accounts as well as Wilson’s account, that he fired several volleys of shots, briefly pausing between each one.[8]:pp.24–25”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Michael_Brown#Corroborating_Wilson.27s_testimony