Ferguson Cop Had 'Serious Facial Injury,' Source Tells ABC NewsBy STEVEN PORTNOY and JIM AVILA 14 hours ago Good Morning America
The Ferguson police officer who shot and killed an unarmed teenager suffered “a serious facial injury” in the altercation before firing the fatal shots, according to a source close to the officer who spoke to ABC News today.
The characterization about Officer Darren Wilson being injured in his confrontation with Michael Brown emerged on the day that a grand jury was expected to begin hearing evidence in the shooting. Attorney General Eric Holder also visited Ferguson today, meeting with Brown's family and telling them the federal investigation would be a "fair and independent inquiry."
Before meeting with Holder, Brown's mother viewed her son's body at a local morgue for the first time since the shooting.
Brown, 18, was shot and killed by Wilson on Aug.9, and protesters have been angrily calling for Wilson's arrest and indictment since that day. Brown's mother
A source close to Wilson told ABC News that during the struggle at the patrol car, Wilson suffered “a serious facial injury.”
The injury was not described, but last week Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson said that Wilson had swelling to the side of his face.
The hospital photo of the office's facial injury is expected to be shown to the grand jury, the source said.
St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch cautioned today that a decision on whether the officer would be indicted will not come quickly. He told ABC News
"our target date is the middle of October" for wrapping up the evidence and asking the jury to decide whether to charge Wilson.
Grand juries typically meet one day a week.McCulloch said the grand jury investigation will be thorough.
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