article_snippet: Michael Brown was spotted by officer Darren Wilson after a robbery at a nearby convenience store.
article_snippet: Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson said officer Darren Wilson approached Michael Brown because Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson was 'walking down the middle of the street, blocking traffic'.
article_snippet: Some witnesses claim Michael Brown had Michael Brown hands up in surrender when Michael Brown was shot - something that has been contested by others.
article_snippet: 12.01pm 11.45am Officer Darren Wilson encounters Michael Brown and Dorian Johnson walking down the middle of Canfield Drive.
article_snippet: 11.45am Officer Darren Wilson tells Michael Brown and Dorian Johnson to move to the sidewalk .
article_snippet: 12.01-12.04pm 11.45am Officer Darren Wilson has given conflicting accounts of the events leading up to 11.45am Officer Darren Wilson shooting Michael Brown dead.
article_snippet: Initially 11.45am Officer Darren Wilson claimed not to have heard the convenience store robbery call or the description of Michael Brown and Dorian Johnson put out following the convenience store robbery call or the description of Brown and Johnson.
article_snippet: Later 11.45am Officer Darren Wilson claimed to have doubled back on the youths having realized the youths fitted the description .
article_snippet: St Louis County police hold a press conference refusing to name the officer involved in the shooting and claiming Michael Brown was shot reaching for Michael Brown gun.
article_snippet: During the same press conference Thomas Jackson releases surveillance footage showing Michael Brown as a suspect in the 'strong arm' convenience store robbery.