56 PHOTOS More Ferguson Protests - updated 10/13/14 See Gallery Experts: Autopsy shows close-range wound for Brown CLAYTON, MO - OCTOBER 10: Protestors call for St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch to withdraw from the investigation surrounding the death 18-year-old Michael Brown who was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, a Ferguson, Missouri police officer on October 9, 2014 in Clayton, Missouri. Brown's August 9 death sparked several days of sometimes violent protests in Ferguson. The shooting death of another 18-year-old, Vonderrit Myers Jr., by a St. Louis police officer on October 8 has sparked a new round of protests. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) A sign from a demonstrator rest on the ground on October 11, 2014, in St. Louis, Missouri, during a protest for the shooting death of Michael Brown. Civil rights organizations, protest groups and people from around the country were protesting the August 9 shooting of Brown, 18, which involved Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson in the suburban town of Ferguson near St. Louis. AFP PHOTO/Joshua Lott (Photo credit should read Joshua LOTT/AFP/Getty Images) Demonstrators protest on October, 11 2014 in St. Louis, Missouri, the shooting death of Michael Brown. Civil rights organizations, protest groups and people from around the country were protesting the August 9 shooting of Brown, 18, which involved Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson in the suburban town of Ferguson near St. Louis. AFP PHOTO/Joshua Lott (Photo credit should read Joshua LOTT/AFP/Getty Images) FERGUSON, MO - OCTOBER 10 : Demonstrators gather outside the Ferguson Police Station during a protest on Friday, October 10, 2014 in Ferguson, United States. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) FERGUSON, MO - OCTOBER 10 : Demonstrators confront police during a protest outside the Ferguson Police Station on Friday, October 10, 2014 in Ferguson, United States. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) FERGUSON, MO - OCTOBER 10 : A demonstrator stands in front of the Police line outside the Ferguson Police Station on October 10, 2014 in Ferguson, United States. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) CLAYTON, MO - OCTOBER 10: Protestors gather outside the District Prosecutors offices in Clayton, Mo. as part of the Ferguson October movement on October 10, 2014. Ferguson October movement started against police violence after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer in a suburb of St. Louis of Ferguson, Missouri on August 09. The shooting death of another 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers by an off-duty St. Louis police officer on October 8 has sparked a new round of protests. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) CLAYTON, MO - OCTOBER 10: Protestors gather outside the District Prosecutors offices in Clayton, Mo. as part of the Ferguson October movement on October 10, 2014. Ferguson October movement started against police violence after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer in a suburb of St. Louis of Ferguson, Missouri on August 09. The shooting death of another 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers by an off-duty St. Louis police officer on October 8 has sparked a new round of protests. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) CLAYTON, MO - OCTOBER 10: Protestors gather outside the District Prosecutors offices in Clayton, Mo. as part of the Ferguson October movement on October 10, 2014. Ferguson October movement started against police violence after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer in a suburb of St. Louis of Ferguson, Missouri on August 09. The shooting death of another 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers by an off-duty St. Louis police officer on October 8 has sparked a new round of protests. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) CLAYTON, MO - OCTOBER 10: Volunteers called 'Marshalls' direct traffic around the District Prosecutors offices where protestors take part in a rally as part of the Ferguson October movement in Clayton, Mo. on October 10, 2014. Ferguson October movement started against police violence after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer in a suburb of St. Louis of Ferguson, Missouri on August 09. The shooting death of another 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers by an off-duty St. Louis police officer on October 8 has sparked a new round of protests. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) CLAYTON, MO - OCTOBER 10: Protestors gather outside the District Prosecutors offices in Clayton, Mo. as part of the Ferguson October movement on October 10, 2014. Ferguson October movement started against police violence after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer in a suburb of St. Louis of Ferguson, Missouri on August 09. The shooting death of another 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers by an off-duty St. Louis police officer on October 8 has sparked a new round of protests. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) CLAYTON, MO - OCTOBER 10: Police stand guard as protestors gather outside the District Prosecutors offices in Clayton, Mo. as part of the Ferguson October movement on October 10, 2014. Ferguson October movement started against police violence after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer in a suburb of St. Louis of Ferguson, Missouri on August 09. The shooting death of another 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers by an off-duty St. Louis police officer on October 8 has sparked a new round of protests. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) CLAYTON, MO - OCTOBER 10: Protestors gather outside the District Prosecutors offices in Clayton, Mo. as part of the Ferguson October movement on October 10, 2014. Ferguson October movement started against police violence after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer in a suburb of St. Louis of Ferguson, Missouri on August 09. The shooting death of another 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers by an off-duty St. Louis police officer on October 8 has sparked a new round of protests. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) CLAYTON, MO - OCTOBER 10: Protestors gather outside the District Prosecutors offices in Clayton, Mo. as part of the Ferguson October movement on October 10, 2014. Ferguson October movement started against police violence after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer in a suburb of St. Louis of Ferguson, Missouri on August 09. The shooting death of another 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers by an off-duty St. Louis police officer on October 8 has sparked a new round of protests. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) CLAYTON, MO - OCTOBER 10: Protestors call for St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch to withdraw from the investigation surrounding the death 18-year-old Michael Brown who was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, a Ferguson, Missouri police officer on October 9, 2014 in Clayton, Missouri. Brown's August 9 death sparked several days of sometimes violent protests in Ferguson. The shooting death of another 18-year-old, Vonderrit Myers Jr., by a St. Louis police officer on October 8 has sparked a new round of protests. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: The grandmother of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. is comforted during a candlelight vigil for her grandson on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. Meyers was shot and killed yesterday by an off duty St. Louis police officer. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: People gather outside the store which 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. had left before he was killed on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. Meyers was shot and killed across the street from the store yesterday by an off duty St. Louis police officer. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: The grandmother of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. stands near the spot where he was killed during a candlelight vigil on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. Meyers was shot and killed yesterday by an off duty St. Louis police officer. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: Mourners attend a candlelight vigil in memory of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. Meyers was shot and killed yesterday by an off duty St. Louis police officer. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: Mourners attend a candlelight vigil in memory of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. Meyers was shot and killed yesterday by an off duty St. Louis police officer. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: Mourners attend a candlelight vigil in memory of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. Meyers was shot and killed yesterday by an off duty St. Louis police officer. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: Mourners attend a candlelight vigil in memory of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. Meyers was shot and killed yesterday by an off duty St. Louis police officer. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: Family members attend a candlelight vigil for 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. Meyers was shot and killed yesterday by an off duty St. Louis police officer. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: Mourners attend a candlelight vigil in memory of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. Meyers was shot and killed yesterday by an off duty St. Louis police officer. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: Mourners attend a candlelight vigil in memory of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. Meyers was shot and killed yesterday by an off duty St. Louis police officer. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: Mourners attend a candlelight vigil in memory of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. Meyers was shot and killed yesterday by an off duty St. Louis police officer. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: Mourners attend a candlelight vigil in memory of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. Meyers was shot and killed yesterday by an off duty St. Louis police officer. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: Mourners attend a candlelight vigil in memory of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. Meyers was shot and killed yesterday by an off duty St. Louis police officer. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: Demonstrators march through the streets protesting the October 8 killing of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. by an off duty St. Louis police officer on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: Demonstrators march through the streets protesting the October 8 killing of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. by an off duty St. Louis police officer on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: Demonstrators march through the streets protesting the October 8 killing of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. by an off duty St. Louis police officer on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: Demonstrators march through the streets protesting the October 8 killing of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. by an off duty St. Louis police officer on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: Demonstrators march through the streets protesting the October 8 killing of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. by an off duty St. Louis police officer on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: Demonstrators march through the streets protesting the October 8 killing of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. by an off duty St. Louis police officer on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: Demonstrators march through the streets protesting the October 8 killing of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. by an off duty St. Louis police officer on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: Demonstrators march through the streets protesting the October 8 killing of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. by an off duty St. Louis police officer on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: Demonstrators block an intersection as they occupy streets protesting the October 8 killing of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. by an off duty St. Louis police officer on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. An upside down flag is a universal symbol of distress. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: Demonstrators march through the streets protesting the October 8 killing of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. by an off duty St. Louis police officer on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: Demonstrators block an intersection as they occupy streets protesting the October 8 killing of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. by an off duty St. Louis police officer on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. An upside down flag is a universal symbol of distress. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: Demonstrators block an intersection as they occupy streets protesting the October 8 killing of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. by an off duty St. Louis police officer on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. An upside down flag is a universal symbol of distress. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) A crowd gathers at the scene of a fatal police officer-involved shooting at the intersection of Shaw Boulevard and Klemm Street on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT via Getty Images) A crowd gathers near the scene in the 4100 block of Shaw Boulevard where a man was fatally shot by an off-duty St. Louis police officer on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT via Getty Images) Bassem Masri, center, a man who has live streamed many of the protests in Ferguson, Mo., confronts a St. Louis police officer at the intersection of Shaw Boulevard and Klemm Street as protesters gathered at the scene of a fatal police officer-involved shooting on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT via Getty Images) Shaw pics by @pdpj - crowd at fatal officer-involved shooting http://t.co/7tCGxgNVd7 @Shaw_STL @stltoday http://t.co/Zddn51rtaS Grand between Russell and 44 is shut down, tact team truck just showed up order people out of street http://t.co/cGKbWlFqmL Protesters now at Shaw and Grand sitting in the road http://t.co/c0GTSkWEiK Protesters blocking Grand and Gravois intersection chanting "Black lives matter" http://t.co/SPXNz97v6B Protesters marching down middle of Grand, police have traffic shut down, but there is no police presence http://t.co/Dmgh9VJoOI Grand Ave shut down at 44 protesters confronting police http://t.co/eH4Q7XCswg Fatal police officer involved shooting scene on 4100 block of Shaw in #stl, growing crowd upset http://t.co/5eNkWj4Frq Police-involved shooting at Klemm an Shaw in STL. Suspect fired at off-duty offc wrkibg security, officer fired back. http://t.co/bNXcXZswvO FERGUSON, MO - SEPTEMBER 30: Protesters gather in front of the police department on September 30, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Protests continued in the St. Louis suburb after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown. (Photo by Whitney Curtis/Getty Images) FERGUSON, MO - SEPTEMBER 30: Protesters gather in front of the police department on September 30, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Protests continued in the St. Louis suburb after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown. (Photo by Whitney Curtis/Getty Images) FERGUSON, MO - SEPTEMBER 30: Ferguson and St. Louis County police approach a group of protesters gathered in front of the police department on September 30, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Protests continued in the St. Louis suburb after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown. (Photo by Whitney Curtis/Getty Images) FERGUSON, MO - SEPTEMBER 30: Ferguson and St. Louis County police approach a group of protesters gathered in front of the police department on September 30, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Protests continued in the St. Louis suburb after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown. (Photo by Whitney Curtis/Getty Images) FERGUSON, MO - SEPTEMBER 30: Brianna Smith holds up the arms of her 11-month-old son, Ethan Smith, during protests across the street from the police department on September 30, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Protests continued in the St. Louis suburb after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown. (Photo by Whitney Curtis/Getty Images) Up Next See Gallery Discover More Like This HIDE CAPTION SHOW CAPTION of SEE ALL BACK TO SLIDE

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Michael Brown's official autopsy shows the 18-year-old was shot in the hand at close range during a struggle with the Ferguson police officer who fatally shot him, two experts said in a published report Wednesday.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1tKXIGB ) obtained the St. Louis County medical examiner's autopsy and an accompanying toxicology report that shows Brown had used marijuana.

The newspaper reported that St. Louis medical examiner Dr. Michael Graham and another pathologist not involved in the investigation reviewed the report and said it indicates a wound to Brown's hand came at close range.

Brown and officer Darren Wilson struggled inside Wilson's SUV on Aug. 9 and Brown was shot once in the hand. Brown was killed outside the vehicle.

Graham told the Post-Dispatch that the autopsy report "does support that there was a significant altercation at the car."

Brown family attorney Benjamin Crump told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the autopsy offers no insight into why Wilson killed Brown.

The newspaper posted a copy of the autopsy and toxicology report on its website. Medical examiner's office administrator Suzanne McCune confirmed the posted information was accurate but said her office won't officially release the documents until the investigation is complete. The newspaper did not say where it obtained the documents.

Wilson remains on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation into the shooting that has sparked sometimes violent protests in Ferguson. On Tuesday, Gov. Jay Nixon appointed a special commission to look at how the region can move forward after the concerns raised by the shooting and its aftermath.

Wilson confronted Brown and Dorian Johnson as they walked back to Brown's home from a convenience store. After the shooting, Brown died at the scene. Some witnesses have told authorities and news media that Brown had his hands raised when Wilson approached with his weapon and fired repeatedly.

Wilson's attorney, James P. Towey, did not return messages seeking comment Wednesday.



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