(Buzz Feed) –Ferguson Police Chief named Officer Darren Wilson as the man involved in the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9.
Chief Thomas Jackson identified the officer at a press conference Friday, 9:47 a.m. ET.
Wilson from St. Louis is a six year veteran of the Ferguson police department. He has no history of disciplinary action. He has not been formally charged or arrested yet.
Police Chief Thomas Jackson AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Jackson also mentioned that Wilson had responded to a strong arm robbery that occurred at a convenience store shortly before Brown’s fatal shooting.
Stills from camera
Reporters at the press conference received surveillance footage of the robbery, but it was not clear who the suspect was in the footage. The police chief did not answer questions on the connection between Brown’s shooting and the strong arm robbery.
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