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At 1330 hours I was contacted by Sergeant STEVENER DSN-2968, of the St. Louis County Police Department as he requested that I respond to 2949 Canfield for the Officer Involved shooting of Mr. MICHAEL BROWN, black male age of 18 years. Tile deceased mother was on the scene_ The deceased \',as properly conveyed to this facility for examination by Dr. NORFLEET.

The deceased was properly conveyed in a white body bag which was secure

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It was reported that the deceased mother, Ms. LESLEY M.CSPADDEN w.as .on the scene and idenlified the deceased and she described a taltoo which read Big M IKE on his nght forearm. It was unknown al the lime if she visual identified the deceased or only described the tattoo. I did obs rved the taHoo on his right arm.

Oet. HOKAMP DSN-3476 of the St. Louis County Police Department provided the following preliminary investigative details: The deceased and another individual were walking down the middle of the Canfield. Officer O. WILSON OSN-609. of the Ferguson Police Department observed the two individuals, he requested that they get out of the roadway.

The deceased became belligerent towards Officer WILSON. As Officer WILSON attempted to exit out of his patrol vehicle the deceased pushed his door shut and began to struggle with Officer WILSON, during the struggle the Officers weapon was un-holstered. The weapon discharged during the struggle.

The deceased then ran down the roadway. Officer WILSON then began to chase the deceased. As he was giving chase to the deceased, the deceased turned around and ran towards OHicer WILSON. Officer WILSON had his service weapon drawn, as the deceased began to run towards him. he discharged his service weapon several times.

As this is preliminary information it was not known in which order or how many time the officer fired his weapon during the confrontation.

The St. Louis County Police Department was requested to investigate and process the scene.

Dr. NORFLEET was made aware of the above circumstances and elected to have the forensic examination at 0800 hours on 8-10-2014. The St.louis County Police were made aware of the time.

Any additional information will follow in the usual supplemental manner.

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Wendell Payne edicolegal Investigator

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Office. 314-6150800 Fax . 3145220955 nY: 3146158428

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o ifying Agencyl1nslitution OUIII)' Police De anmcnt Deces.s.ed: RROW . MICHAE l. O,D,

Race: I3 la k atira Slatus. Ncv'cr Married

Address: ~ -. .. OCCtJpallOnllndustry. NI)l urrenll ' 1~ l1lplo cd I

Next of Kin: II AD. ! L 'Y Address: Relationship: M I l icK

Olrfied 191201 4 ~ :OO:OOl 1 Police Agency: ."1. ounl, P licc D partmcnt

Phone No,: Sex: Mal ' Age: I ears

City: Dellwood COl nty- I. Loui COUIlI (18

Phone No.:

DOB: 0 .. 01199 SSN: Slate: ( Zip: 6A I 6

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Dalefnme Call : wOl4 nne nkn \ Complaint No: 2014-43984 Phone No.: ( 14) 8 2"4 1

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Date Time

Occurred 0 10912014 12:04 pm

Pronounced 0 10912014 12: 1 pm

Manner of Death: Homi ide Injury at Work? I Type of Death: Hr rTn! Hr rms-Firearm Di charge How Injury Occurred: Gun hot Wound( at hand of 3W ' nCo menl Premises: Ro dway

ultiple Deaths Associated "lith this Incident: N Activity of decedent

Depth of Investigation (Investlgator): c ne Death Certificate Signed By: Medlcsl Examiner

Pnvate PhysICian to Sign: Address: Personally Contacted by Investigator

Notifications: Investigator: Patho OQISt:

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Investigation Type:

By: Mary E. ase, M.D .. cOat. Signod: o 19.014 Phone No.:

'Mlen: Does this case meet MTS Criteria? Yes

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Pathologi t: ]\ rfl ct. Icrshom Al topsy PerfOffiled? XR ys Roquosted: No

Caso DI~po Ition: Orou,l.!ht in lor E nminrlli OR Gener I Seene D&sGnp ion: Other OlspoSlltOn of 8ropcny W'len: 811 812014 02:50 pm

Relationship: I V T1GATOR Phone No.:

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BROW , M I 'HAEL

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upplenlcntal Micro copic ~xanlination Report

Micro copic tide I:xamination:

, kin and Mu cle: eetion of the ti UI.! from the right hand show multiple fragmem of sk in and a ingle fragment f k ~Idal mu cleo ThcJ'(~ i darkly pigmented foreign particulate matter present on the uperficial surface of the tratum corneum and also embedded within the stratum corn um of the skin fragment . A mixture of pigmented and non- pigmented foreign particulate matt r is present focally v, ithin the derm is of some of the skin tissue fragmen and within the kel tal muscle ti sue fragment. Some of non - pigmented particulate matter i polarizable. The

pr iou I .. de crib d particle of foreign particulate matter are consistent v. ith products that arc di charged from th~ barrel of a fireann .

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Suppl 111cntal Micro 'copic bxamination Report

Micro copic Slid ' Lxamination:

1 i ue fragment: ectiOlr of the tissue fragment from the "exterior urfac ofthe police officer' motor "ehicl "are can i t nt \i ith a fragment of skin overlyin , soft (connective) li ue. '( here ar feature of de iccationldrying arti fact pre ent v,'ithin the soft ti sue. There i a IJranular layer pres 111 within the upp r layer of stratified squamous epi thelium. Focally, lightly pigmented keratinocytes are present within the basal layer of the stratified uamous epithelium.

Gershom Norfleet M.D Assistant ~edlca l Examiner

St . Louis 6059

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Bl ood :

Alcohol : Ethanol : Acetone: Isoprop 1 0 ie h no1 :

Ca .nabinoid Quantitation : OELTA- 9 - THC : ll - HYDROXY - THC : l l - OR-DBLTA-9-T

Urine : Cannabinoid Quantitation:

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DELTA-9 -THC : Negat ive 11 -HYDROXY-THC: GREATER THAN 25 RmoolW S/ ML 11NOR-DELTA-9- TT1R-c-J-c .... o'"""O...,.g -: -----GREATER THAN 150 NANOGRAMS/

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Requested by: DR NORFLEET

Rec e i ved in Lab: Date: 08/10/ 14 Date/Time : 08/11/14//05:45 AM Date/Time: 08/15/2014//08:50 AM

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A : 18 years Race : Blac k Sex: Ma le

Comm n s : Delta-9-THC detect ion i n t he b l ood d efines impairment .

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Date: 08/1 0/14

Date/Time : 08/11/14//05 : 45 AM Date/Time : 08/15/2014//08 : 50 AM

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