The officer under investigation for the shooting death of unarmed Missouri teen Michael Brown will be identified within the next 24 hours, police said today.
Brown, who was African American, was shot multiple times and killed during a scuffle with a police officer Saturday afternoon in Ferguson, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis. Shell casings matched the officer's gun and he was placed on administrative leave, authorities said.
Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson he would be holding a press conference to announce the officer's name sometime within the next 24 hours, by 2 p.m. Tuesday.
Earlier today the FBI announced it had opened its own investigation into the case, in addition to the investigation being led by St. Louis County police.
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