An unarmed black teenager killed by a white police officer in Missouri was shot at least six times, including twice in the head, a preliminary private autopsy has found, according to The New York Times.
The newspaper reports that the autopsy by Dr. Michael Baden, a former New York City chief medical examiner, found that one of the bullets entered the top of Michael Brown's skull, suggesting his head was bent forward when he suffered a fatal injury.
Baden said it was likely the last of bullets to hit Brown, 18, whose death has spurred a week of rancorous protests in Ferguson, in suburban St. Louis.
Dr. Lawrence Koblinsky, a forensic science expert and a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, told "CBS This Morning" that probably the most important detail from the release is that Brown was shot entirely in the front of his body.
"That is, the story of the eyewitness, the friend of Michael Brown, Dorian Johnson, was that he had been running away from the vehicle and a shot was fired. That apparently is false. He was not shot in the back," Koblinsky said.
The forensic scientist also said it is important to note where exactly Brown was first shot.
"It's my opinion that seeing four shots to the right arm was an indication to me that the police officer wanted to stop him," Koblinsky said.
The likely fatal blow to the top of the head of Brown told Koblinsky that "he was either falling and the shot was fired or he was charging and the shot was fired."
However, Koblinsky added later that "six shots is five shots too many," because officers should be better trained at stopping suspects without lethal force.
