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FBI Probing Alleged Audio of Michael Brown Shooting

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Prosecutors say the FBI is trying to validate an audio recording that allegedly captured the police shooting of Michael Brown—including what sounds like a volley of six shots, a brief pause, and then another four or five shots.

The unidentified man who made the recording says he was using a phone app to create a video text message at the same time the unarmed 18-year-old was killed in a midday confrontation with a cop in Ferguson, Missouri, on Aug. 9, according to his lawyer, Lopa Blumenthal…

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