This Kid Live-Tweeted Michael Brown's Killing

Storified by Mashable· Fri, Aug 15 2014 20:04:46

Just after 12 p.m. local time, a Twitter user named "Bruh." tweeted that he saw someone die.

I JUST SAW SOMEONE DIE OMFGBruh.

Im about to hyperventilateBruh.

He offered a friend a little more detail.

@allovevie the police just shot someone dead in front of my crib yoBruh.

He then tweeted a photo of Michael Brown's dead body lying in the street (warning: this is graphic).

Fuckfuck fuck http://t.co/UpPNMEzuwfBruh.

Its blood all over the street, niggas protesting nshit. There is police tape all over my building. I am stuck in here omgBruh.

Bruh. Im so upsetBruh.

When asked why be another user on Twitter, "Bruh." said there was no reason.

@_amourlace no reason! He was running!Bruh.

I saw it happen man..Bruh.

The world would later learn that Brown was shot after the officer, Darren Wilson, encountered him and another man on the street at 12:01 p.m. local time. The initial confrontation occurred because Brown and a friend were "walking down the street blocking traffic," Ferguson's police chief said on Friday.

@AlexDon314 yes man, he dead in the street.Bruh.

A friend of Brown's, and an eyewitness to the shooting, said TK. "Bruh" said the same in his tweets.

@DomoTheTruth dude was running and the cops just shot.him. i saw him die bruhBruh.

The Twitter user said he saw Brown, who looked to be 18 or 19, get hit with at least seven shots.

@DomoTheTruth he looked like 18 or 19. His parents out here tripping nowBruh.

@SLIKK_DARKO yeah man. 7 times i thinkBruh.

Two of those shots, the Twitter witness says, were from behind. The other five came it a "barrage" after Brown turned around.

@SLIKK_DARKO the first two was, the next 5 werent, he turned aroundBruh.

The first two was clear, then it was a barage of them shitsBruh.

The police descended on the area.

Nigga got an AR http://t.co/4KnaqMPO3aBruh.

And yet Brown's body remained on the ground, at least two hours after the unarmed teen was shot dead.

Homie still on the ground thoBruh.

On Sunday, thanked his friends for checking on him, and then on Wednesday, he tweeted he was finished tweeting about what he had witnessed.

Thanks to everybody that checked on me, I love yall, Ima be safe. Yall be safe too.Bruh.

I AM DONE TWEETING ABOUT THE SITUATION.Bruh.

Since the tweets, numerous Twitter users have told "Bruh." to keep his head down and lay low. He's been told to "lawyer up" and not speak to the media.

@TheePharoah PLEASE stay safe. You're the most important person in America right now.NoJusticeNoPeace

@TheePharoah please be careful bro. Stay lowkey man.Christian Fitzgerald

@TheePharoah Lawyer up. Don't speak with media. I'm serious, brother. Please get a lawyer.Willie Slater

"Bruh." didn't respond to Mashable's requests for comment.