New evidence reveals that the Ferguson, Mo., shooting of Michael Brown happened over a 90-second time span.
Police radio dispatches obtained by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch show Officer Darren Wilson encountered Mr. Brown and another man at 12:02 p.m.
“Put me on Canfield (Drive) with two. And send me another car,” Mr. Wilson told the dispatcher in the call, the paper reported.
Before the encounter, a dispatcher had put out a call for a “stealing in progress” at the Ferguson market with descriptions of the two suspects. The description of one of the subjects in the theft matched Mr. Brown’s.
The newspaper calculated that Mr. Brown was killed less than 61 seconds after the dispatcher acknowledged Mr. Wilson’s call.
There was a burst of static roughly 84 seconds after the call along with an unintelligible utterance transmitted over the radio, to which a dispatcher responded “10-4” on Canfield.
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At 12:07, about five minutes after Mr. Wilson’s call, an officer said on the radio “Get us several more units over here. There’s gonna be a problem,” the paper reported.
A woman can be heard wailing in the background during the officer’s call.
The newspaper also requested video surveillance of Mr. Wilson, leaving the hospital two hours after the shooting. He returned to the station two and a half hours after the incident.
Mr. Brown’s death sparked months of protests in the St. Louis suburb. A grand jury is expected to announce it’s decision on whether or not to indict Mr. Wilson any day.
Protesters are already planning to shut down Clayton, Mo. after the verdict is announced, Fox News reported Saturday.
Justice Department officials have been working with local law enforcement to prepare for any protests after the decision.
• Kellan Howell can be reached at khowell@washingtontimes.com.
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