( CNN ) -- The White House is sending three officials to Michael Brown 's funeral Monday , including one who attended high school with his mother . Brown,18 , was fatally shot on August 9 by officer Darren Wilson while walking down the streets of Ferguson , Missouri . His death sparked days of violent protests in the St. Louis suburb . In the past three days , things have calmed down , and the town is slowly coming back to life . The officials attending the funeral are Broderick Johnson , who leads the White House 's My Brother 's Keeper Task Force . He 'll be joined by Marlon Marshall , a St. Louis native who attended high school with Brown 's mother , and Heather Foster . Both Marshall and Foster are part of the White House Office of Public Engagement . Brown will be eulogized at the Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis . Race tensions . Two weeks after the shooting sparked violent protests , the mood turned more tranquil Saturday with smaller crowds and lots of music . Gone were police in riot gear glaring at defiant protesters . The tear gas , rubber bullets and Molotov cocktails were nowhere to be seen , either . In their place were clusters of officers , hanging around businesses , chatting with one another . Race has been at the forefront of the tensions ; Brown was African-American and the officer who shot him is white . St. Louis authorities released details of the racial and gender makeup of the grand jury , which started hearing testimony on Wednesday . It comprises six white men , three white women , two black women and one black man , said Paul Fox , the administrator for the St. Louis County Circuit Court . St. Louis County is 70 % white and 24 % black , according to last year 's estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau . Crucial grand jury . Unlike a jury in a criminal case , which convicts someone if jurors are convinced of guilt `` beyond a reasonable doubt , '' a grand jury decides whether there is `` probable cause . '' They decide whether to charge someone with a crime based on testimony and evidence presented in the absence of a judge . In Missouri , they do n't have to be in unanimous agreement to press such an indictment , as long as nine of the 12 agree on a charge . The federal government is conducting a separate investigation . FBI agents interviewed more than 200 people as part of the U.S. Justice Department 's civil rights investigation , according to law enforcement sources . The federal probe must prove there was an element of `` racial hostility '' in the shooting . That 's a higher standard than the one before the St. Louis County grand jury . The 12 members of the grand jury are crucial . They may be the first to reach a decision on whether the case will be defined as a murder charge , a lesser charge or no charge at all .
two of the White House officials attended high school with Brown 's mother . Brown was fatally shot Wednesday in Ferguson , Ferguson . He will be eulogized at White House in Missouri .