Brown died from a final bullet in the top of his head.

[avebury]

Baden and Professor Shawn Parcells, a pathologist assistant based in Kansas who helped with the autopsy, said they could not establish the order of bullets fired at Brown. But they believe Brown died from a final bullet fired through the top of his skull because all of the other gunshot wounds were survivable, Baden said.

The information is largely consistent with eyewitness accounts of Brown's fatal encounter with police earlier this month. A friend who was with Brown at the time said the teen, who was unarmed, had his hands in the air and was trying to surrender. At a height of 6-foot-4, Brown's head would have been facing downward when the final bullet entered his head, Baden said.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/18/michael-brown-family-autopsy_n_5687898.html

[exboyfil]

1. The one to the eye was survivable?

[avebury]

2. I am not really sure which of the head shots

he considered to be the killing shot. For sure, it was an execution by firing squad.

[merrily]

5. They said the bullet that entered the top of the head was the fatal one.

[alphafemale]

3. I heard that exited though his cheek. So also likely fired as he was falling. nt

[merrily]

4. They can't determine the order of the bullets. So, how can they say which was the final bullet?

[Lex]

6. The one to the head would've dropped him

so the others probably came first?

[merrily]

7. Probability is one thing. Calling a bullet the final bullet w/o qualifiying is another.

Being shot in the top of the head, being 6"4" suggests he was on the way down. And, you can shoot someone on the way down and/or after they are down.

[Lex]

8. True, but the order of events is based on what is most probable

and what is not. They don't have to say with 100% certainty, but can say what is most probable given the wounds. I guess they could've said "most probably the final bullet."

[merrily]

9. My issue is that the headline DOES say it with certainty, though it cannot be certain.

I would not have posted if the headline had been qualified.