The moment Michael Brown was shot dead: New photographs emerge of the immediate aftermath of the Ferguson shooting and of the cop responsible as a state of emergency is declared in Missouri

Officer Darren Wilson, 28, was identified as the man who shot Brown on August 9

Yahoo News published a photograph of him today credited to his father's Facebook account



In February, he was commended for 'extraordinary effort in the line of duty'

Wilson stopped Brown and friend Dorian Johnson because they were 'walking in the road and blocking traffic'

Police released CCTV stills of a robbery minutes before the shooting showing a suspect whose clothing and stature matched Michael Brown

A mostly peaceful protest Friday descended into chaos in the early hours of the morning

Looters reportedly broke into local businesses in Ferguson including one from which Michael Brown reoortedy stole a box of cigars

Other protesters tried to prevent them from looting

St Louis County police were ordered to stand down and the Missouri Highway Patrol took over

New photos emerged of the scene immediately after the shooting of Brown

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Missouri police officer Darren Wilson, who has been identified as the police officer who shot unarmed teen Michael Brown, was pictured for the first time in a report on Saturday as new photographs emerged of the aftermath of his death.

They came as Missouri Governor Jay Nixon announced that he has signed an order declaring a state of emergency 'to keep the people safe ' and implemented a midnight to 5am curfew in Ferguson on Saturday.

Yahoo News published the photograph of Darren Wilson on their homepage in a report detailing Brown's February commendation for 'extraordinary effort in the line of duty'.



The first photograph of the officer emerged on the same day a new photo of the scene immediately after Brown's shooting emerged.



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Heartbreaking photograph: A new image emerged of the scene immediately after the shooting of Michael Brown today. The photo shows shocked onlookers watch as police peer at the teen's dead body



Ferguson police officer: Darren Wilson, 28, pictured receiving a commendation for 'extraordinary effort in the line of duty' in February has been named as the police officer who shot dead Michael Brown, 18 State of emergency: Governor Jay Dixon (right) speaks at a press conference Saturday next to State Highway Patrol Captain Roh Johnson With onlookers gathered behind police tape, officers are shown in the picture peering over Brown;s body.

Wilson is now on paid administrative leave following the shooting death of Michael Brown, 18, pending the outcome of the investigation into the shooting. The 28-year-old officer won a commendation for 'extraordinary effort in the line of duty' on February of this year. 'He never intended for any of this to happen,' Ferguson police Chief Thomas Jackson said. 'It’s devastating, absolutely devastating.'

He said Wilson encountered Brown and another man on the street during a routine patrol. A confrontation ensued and Wilson fatally shot Brown, who was unarmed. The governor of Missouri gave a press conference Saturday speaking about the situation in Ferguson.

He praised the people who have exercised their First Amendment right to protest peacefully and those who 'stood up against violent instigators.' Calling Friday night's looting 'unacceptable,' Nixon said the town must not allow 'the ill-will of a few to undermine the goodwill of the many.' Nixon also said the U.S. Department of Justice is beefing up its investigation of the shooting.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson, who is in charge of security in Ferguson, said there were 40 FBI agents going door-to-door talking to people who might have seen or have information about the shooting.

Nixon and Johnson spoke at a church in Ferguson, where they were interrupted repeatedly by people demanding justice and objecting to the curfew.

Johnson assured those in attendance that police would communicate with protesters and give them ample opportunity to observe the curfew.

'You saw people sitting in the street and they had the chance to get up,' he said. "And that's how it's going to continue.' Wilson was finally named on Friday by police in Ferguson, a suburb of St Louis, in Missouri that has been torn apart by five nights of protests and rioting over the death of Michael Brown, 18.

Wilson accused by witnesses of shooting him even though he had his hands up.

Ferguson police only disclosed his name after coming under intense pressure and facing lawsuits by civil liberties groups.

Wilson currently lives in Crestwood, a suburb of St Louis which is 94 per cent white and 1.6 per cent black.

His house is a $180,000 bungalow with a pool and a basketball hoop in the drive on a sleepy street in a neighborhood that one resident described as 'solidly middle class'.

The morning after: Voluteers help the owners of Sam's Meat Market clean up after their business was looted during another night of rioting following protests over the shooting death of Michael Brown by Darren Wilson Community feeling: Business owner Ibrahim Rammaha gets a hug from Mary Moore while he tries to clean the damage to his store after it was looted during another night of rioting Boarded up: The store where Brown allegedly stole a box of cigars is boarded up the morning after a night of looting Solidarity: The Reverand Al Sharpton addresses a group gathered at the House of Justice yesterday in New York. Rev Sharpton addressed what he called a 'smear campaign' against Ferguson shooting victim Brown No end in sight: People look at a memorial erected on the site where teenager Brown was shot in Ferguson after a night of clashes between police and protesters The property backs onto a church which reads: 'When our dream roads take strange turns'. Wilson's mother Tonya died when he was just 16.

What effect that had on him at that age is unclear, but it appears that he bounced around the St Louis area at a number of addresses and met a girlfriend Ashley Brown.

Between 2000 and 2004 he attended St Charles West High School where former classmates remembered him as a good hockey player.

Jake Shepard wrote on Facebook: 'He is the nicest guy in the world!

'He has the biggest heart. He really does.

'Nobody is ever going to know what really happened, but I can say with certainty that the officers intentions were pure. He is one of those cops that make you appreciate law enforcement.'

At the age of 22, Wilson signed up to join the police.

At Wilson’s current home, neighbors are concerned that rioters would come and wreck the street if they found out where he lived.

A female school teacher told MailOnline: ‘Our neighborhood didn't do anything wrong. I'm worried people are going to come up here and start looting.

'They just moved in and seemed like nice people. 'Things are pretty quiet round here'. Seeking peace: Young women hold signs during the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, after Brown was shot dead by a police officer Hands up: Adrian and his cousin hold a 'Hands Up Don't Shoot' sign during the Brown protests in Ferguson Take to the streets: In the days since Brown's death, locals in Ferguson have been protesting the crime

Night of confrontations: Police shot pepper spray, smoke, gas and flash grenades at protestors before retreating. Several businesses were looted as the county police sat nearby with armored personnel carriers

Military tactics: A man holds a tear gas canister fired by police officers during a demonstration to protest against the shooting of Brown in Ferguson

Wilson, who has a license for hunting and for fishing, has a metal American flag in his front lawn and small couch sits on the porch suggesting that he likes to relax out the front of his house during the warm summer nights.

Nobody answered at the door when MailOnline visited.



A husband and wife in their 60s who had lived in the neighbourhood for many years said that it was full of respectable people.

The man said: 'Crime is not really an issue around here. The biggest thing we have to worry about is the occasional party from teenagers but we don't have any at the moment’



He spent four years with the Ferguson police department and two previous years in the Jennings district, NBC's Tom Winter reported.



Neighbors told USA Today that Wilson was 'tall and slim' and was often seen walking his dog.



Another neighbor, Ron Gorski, told USA Today: 'He's a young guy. 'Things happen and it's a complicated situation. I feel for the family and the entire country.'



Ferguson police chief Thomas Jackson said the shooting had been 'devastating, absolutely devastating' to Wilson, adding: 'We had no complaints about the officer. He was a gentleman. A quiet officer. He has been an effective officer.

According to public records Wilson got divorced last year and moved into his current home with Barb Spradling, who is also an officer with Ferguson police.



Anger spurred by Brown's death boiled over again Friday night when protesters stormed into a Missouri convenience store - the same store that Brown was accused of robbing - and several other local businesses.



Police and about 200 protesters clashed in Ferguson, Missouri, late Friday after another tense day in the St. Louis suburb, a day that included authorities identifying the officer who fatally shot Brown on August 9.

The police response to protesters has been criticized for using military tactics such as tear gas and rubber bullets, and early Saturday morning, St Louis County police were ordered to stand down around 1am by the Missouri Highway Patrol, who took over policing of the protests with Ron Johnson, who is black, at the helm.

City Alderman Antonio French who was on the scene trying to calm the crowd, tweeted that as police were driving away, they shot tear gas into the crowd, further inciting the protesters to anger.

The clashes divided protesters, with a small group apparently responsible for the looting and destruction, and a much larger crowd peacefully banding together to stop them.

Among the stores looted were a beauty supplies shop and a Domino's. The owners of the beauty store say they will not reopen.



Many witnesses at the scene described the protesters who were protecting the stores from the looters.

'Hundreds in the streets. Only a few dozen attempting to loot. Dozens more physically trying to prevent,' tweeted Wesley Lowery.

At the same news conference in which officer Darren Wilson was named, Chief Jackson released documents alleging that Brown stole a $48.99 box of cigars from a convenience store called Ferguson Market and Liquor, then strong-armed a man on his way out.

Just before midnight, some in what had been a large and rowdy but mostly well-behaved crowd broke into that same small store, and began looting it, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol Captain Ron Johnson.



Few looters: Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery describes the scene in Ferguson in the early hours of the morning

Peaceful protesters: Los Angeles Times reporter Matt Pearce was also tweeting his followers from the scene

Show of force: A convoy of armored personnel carriers carrying county police arrive after Missouri State Highway Patrol officers were taunted by demonstrators

Some in the crowd began throwing rocks and other objects at police, Johnson said. One officer was hurt, but details on the injury were not immediately available. Johnson added that police backed off to try and ease the tension.



Brown's death had previously ignited four days of clashes with furious protesters. Tensions eased Thursday after Gov.



Jay Nixon turned oversight of the protests over to the Missouri Highway Patrol. Gone were the police in riot gear and armored vehicles, replaced by the new patrol commander who personally walked through the streets with demonstrators.



But Friday night marked a resurgence of the unrest that had momentarily abated.

Like a war zone: A protester walks through clouds of smoke on the streets of Ferguson, as the town once again erupted into fighting between police and demonstrators furious at the shooting of a young man

Defiant: Armed-to-the-teeth police have tried to put the town of 21,000 on lockdown over the past week

Resistance: The protester throws a grenade back at police after a brief clash in Ferguson on Friday night

Peaceful protesters: People stand in front of Ferguson Market & Liquor convenience store to protect it from looters

News: Cameramen film protesters standing in front of the shop, which had been fortified with chipboard

Opportunist: Masked men carry items from the liquor store, during on-going demonstrations against police

Demonstrators attempt to stop masked individuals from entering a store that had been broken into

Masked individuals carry items out of another shop in the chaos which has accompanied the nightly protests

A looter escapes with items from Feel Beauty Supply on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson on Saturday

Demonstrators block traffic along West Florissant Avenue to protest the shooting and death of Brown

Demonstrators gather at the burned out and looted Quick Trip gas station as running battles with police go on

Chaos: Smoke from a tire burnout rises over protestors on West Florissant Avenue during a tense demonstration Rage: Protesters chase away a police vehicle as the demonstration is beginning to take a violent turn Two masked protesters raise their fist during a chaotic rally against the fatal shooting

Hands up: People marched in the streets with their hands raised - a gesture that has become a symbol of the Brown protests

Movement; Hundreds of people took part in Day 6 of the protests in Ferguson, include

Face in a crowd: A demonstrator with his face concealed by a T-shirt protests the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown

Youth in revolt: Young people from Ferguson and St Louis flocked to the area where Brown was killed to let their voices be heard



Show of respect: Ty Crustfield pauses, Friday before a cross at a memorial in the middle of the street where Brown was shot

Michael Calhoun, with KMOX, live-tweeted that officers showed up on the scene in bulletproof vests and with guns drawn, and ordered the angry protesters to disperse immediately.



Amid screams and pops of firecrackers, the crowd eventually scattered, but according to reports from the scene, some of the demonstrators proceeded to break into and loot nearby stores, including a beauty supply business and Ferguson Market and Liquor - the site of the Michael Brown robbery.



The sixth day of protests started peacefully enough with a march led by Rev. Jesse Jackson to the site of the police shooting.

On Friday night, the civil rights activist linked arms with protesters as they made their way to the site where Brown was killed.

Jackson bent over in front of a memorial cross and candle and sighed deeply. He urged people to ‘turn pain into power’ and to ‘fight back, but not self-destruct’ through violence.

March for peace: Rev. Jessie Jackson walks with protesters down the street Friday where Michael Brown was killed by police nearly a week ago in Ferguson, Missouri

Words to live by: Jackson urged protesters to fight back, but without resorting to self-destructive violence

Sending a message: Protesters chant and hold signs outside a convenience store that was looted and burned following the shooting death of Michael Brown

The scene was eclectic Friday night as hundreds gathered for a sixth straight evening. A man on a bullhorn called for a revolution.

A young man waved a Bible while citing scripture. Some took selfies in front of a convenience store that had been burned by looters Sunday. Boys tossed a football, and horns and loud music blared.

To Vida Weekly, 51, it was still a somber occasion. She walked through the crowd holding high a sign that read: ‘The police killed Michael Brown and now they are trying to kill his character.’

U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay, a Democrat from St. Louis, took a bullhorn and spoke to people gathered at the QuickTrip.

'They have attempted to taint the entire investigation,' Clay said to a cheering crowd. 'They are trying to influence a jury pool by the stunt they pulled today.



Also Friday, the Justice Department confirmed in a statement that FBI agents had conducted several interviews with witnesses as part of a civil-rights investigation into Brown's death.

In the days ahead, the agents planned to canvass the neighborhood where the shooting happened, seeking more information, the statement said.

Police have said Brown was shot after an officer encountered him and another man on the street during a routine patrol.



Crime scene photo following the Michael Brown shooting shows a red baseball cap which matches that in the CCTV images from the convenience store, minutes earlier on Saturday

Public outcry: Men and women came out in Ferguson Friday bearing signs demanding justice for Brown

The Brown family spoke out accusing police of 'inciting violence all over again' by releasing images of a convenience store robbery which they acknowledged 'appeared to be' Michael Brown.

After releasing the tape on Friday, police admitted that Officer Darren Wilson didn't know Michael Brown was a suspect in a robbery when he stopped the teen and subsequently shot him dead in Ferguson last Saturday.

But speaking to CNN and NBC later in the day Friday, Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson offered a different version of events, saying that officer Darren Wilson became suspicious of Brown after spotting a box of cigars in his hands that had been reported stolen.



Ferguson’s top cop explained that initially Wilson stopped Brown for walking in the middle of the street, but as he drove away, the officer 'made the connection' between the teen and the grocery store robbery, reported USA Today.



Attorney Anthony Gray, a lawyer for the family, said that the release of the tape was a 'strategic side show' aimed at 'denigrating their son'.

Mr Gray said that the teenager's parents, Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown Sr, 'never described him as the perfect kid' and fully admitted that they had done their best to keep Michael on the right path for his future.

The lawyer added: 'No one out there is proud of everything they have done when they were a teenager.'

Michael Brown, who was unarmed, was shot up to eight times in the middle of the street in Ferguson, a St Louis suburb, around midday on Saturday.



POLICE OFFICER WHO SHOT MICHAEL BROWN WON DEPARTMENT AWARD

The officer who shot Michael Brown won a commendation for 'extraordinary effort in the line of duty' in February, it was revealed today.

Darren Wilson, 28, was nowhere to be seen at his white middle class home in the suburb of Crestwood where he moved just a year ago. It was claimed he'd left the single-story brick home 'days ago'. No one answered the door when MailOnline knocked on the door and there were two or three police cars parked outside.

Neighbors told USA Today that he was 'tall and slim' and was often seen walking his dog.

Another neighbor, Ron Gorski, told USA Today: 'He's a young guy,' Gorski said of Wilson. 'Things happen and it's a complicated situation. I feel for the family and the entire country.'

Wilson, who is on paid administrative leave, won a commendation for 'extraordinary effort in the line of duty' in February, according to NBC's Tom Winter.

He has spent four years in Ferguson and two previous years in the Jennings district, said Winter.

Ferguson police chief Thomas Jackson said the shooting had been 'devastating, absolutely devastating' to Wilson, adding: 'We had no complaints about the officer. He was a gentleman. A quiet officer. He has been an effective officer.'

According to public records, his mother died in 2002. Wilson has a sister and a half-brother.

Police released CCTV images today of a 'strong-armed' robbery taking place at a store in Ferguson minutes before teen Michael Brown was shot dead by Officer Darren Wilson. Police named Brown as the primary suspect in the robbery - but later admitted Officer Wilson had no idea he was a suspect when he stopped him

The lifeless body of Michael Brown lies in the Ferguson street on Saturday. The clothing appears to match that of a suspect in a convenience store robbery that happened minutes before. Police later revealed that the officer who shot Brown was unaware that a robbery had taken place

When asked about the police's timing of releasing the robbery video along with the name of Officer Wilson, the police chief said he did so because 'you asked for it' - referring to Freedom of Information requests from the media regarding the shooting. He added that he had 'sat on the video for as long as he could'.

Eric Davis spoke to the media, on behalf of his cousin, Michael's mother, Lesley McSpadden. Mr Davis said the release of the store robbery video tape was 'smoke and mirrors'.

He added: 'Whatever took place in the grocery store does not reflect what happened on Canfield [the street where Brown was shot dead].'

He asked for support from the community but once again reiterated the family's wish that there be no violence.

A family statement read: 'Michael Brown’s family is beyond outraged at the devious way the police chief has chosen to disseminate piecemeal information in a manner intended to assassinate the character of their son, following such a brutal assassination of his person in broad daylight.

'There is nothing based on the facts that have been placed before us that can justify the execution style murder of their child by this police officer as he held his hands up, which is the universal sign of surrender.

'The prolonged release of the officer’s name and then the subsequent alleged information regarding a robbery is the reason why the family and the local community have such distrust for the local law enforcement agencies.

'It is no way transparent to release the still photographs alleged to be Michael Brown and refuse to release the photographs of the officer that executed him.

Michael Brown's mother Lesley McSpadden. The family released a statement today saying 'devious' police had 'assassinated their son's character'

'The police strategy of attempting to blame the victim will not divert our attention, from being focused on the autopsy, ballistics report and the trajectory of the bullets that caused Michael’s death and will demonstrate to the world this brutal execution of an unarmed teenager.'

Michael's aunt Sheryl Davis told MailOnline: 'It's appalling. I think that the police will try anything to smear Michael.

'Nothing surprises me with the way that this police force have treated this whole thing.'

She added that the family would be asking for the full surveillance footage to see if it was indeed the teenager in the clip.