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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBrown died from a final bullet in the top of his head.
Baden and Professor Shawn Parcells, a pathologist assistant based in Kansas who helped with the autopsy, said they could not establish the order of bullets fired at Brown. But they believe Brown died from a final bullet fired through the top of his skull because all of the other gunshot wounds were survivable, Baden said.
The information is largely consistent with eyewitness accounts of Brown's fatal encounter with police earlier this month. A friend who was with Brown at the time said the teen, who was unarmed, had his hands in the air and was trying to surrender. At a height of 6-foot-4, Brown's head would have been facing downward when the final bullet entered his head, Baden said.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/18/michael-brown-family-autopsy_n_5687898.html
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)avebury
(10,952 posts)he considered to be the killing shot. For sure, it was an execution by firing squad.
merrily
(45,251 posts)alphafemale
(18,497 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)Lex
(34,108 posts)so the others probably came first?
merrily
(45,251 posts)Being shot in the top of the head, being 6"4" suggests he was on the way down. And, you can shoot someone on the way down and/or after they are down.
Lex
(34,108 posts)and what is not. They don't have to say with 100% certainty, but can say what is most probable given the wounds. I guess they could've said "most probably the final bullet."
merrily
(45,251 posts)I would not have posted if the headline had been qualified.