--- description: Attorney General Eric Holder has ordered a federal autopsy, too title: Michael Brown Autopsy Shows Ferguson Teen Shot at Least 6 Times image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcd7951f80b035b23/69869fde1eebf778d2372490/autopsy-nbc-michael-brown.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Michael Brown Autopsy Shows Ferguson Teen Shot at Least 6 Times by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 18, 2014 11:04 AM CUT  A partial image of Dr. Michael Baden's preliminary autopsy report obtained by NBC News from attorney Anthony Gray, who represents Michael Brown's family. A partial image of Dr. Michael Baden's preliminary autopsy report obtained by NBC News from attorney Anthony Gray, who represents Michael Brown's family.NBC by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 18, 2014 11:04 AM CUT A preliminary autopsy performed on Michael Brown shows that the unarmed 18-year-old who was killed by a police officer last week was shot at least six times from the front — including twice in the head, according to a partial image of the report obtained by NBC News from attorney Anthony Gray, who represents Michael Brown’s family. The autopsy was conducted by Dr. Michael M. Baden at the request of Michael Brown’s family, who will hold a press conference on August 18 at 10:30 a.m. E.T. to discuss the forensic findings… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/michael-brown-autopsy-shows-ferguson-teen-shot-least-6-times-n182816?cid=par-time-article%5F20140818 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3135380/ferguson-michael-brown-autopsy-shot/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3135380/ferguson-michael-brown-autopsy-shot/"},"headline":"Michael Brown Autopsy Shows Ferguson Teen Shot at Least 6 Times","datePublished":"2014-08-18T11:04:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:43:02.245Z","description":"Attorney General Eric Holder has ordered a federal autopsy, too","url":"https://time.com/3135380/ferguson-michael-brown-autopsy-shot/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcd7951f80b035b23/69869fde1eebf778d2372490/autopsy-nbc-michael-brown.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcd7951f80b035b23/69869fde1eebf778d2372490/autopsy-nbc-michael-brown.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"autopsy-nbc-michael-brown","caption":"A partial image of Dr. Michael Baden's preliminary autopsy report obtained by NBC News from attorney Anthony Gray, who represents Michael Brown's family.","creditText":"NBC","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3135380/ferguson-michael-brown-autopsy-shot/","name":"Michael Brown Autopsy Shows Ferguson Teen Shot at Least 6 Times"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Ferguson's Countdown to Curfew","description":"Countdown to Curfew compress","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/7TmLGuKX/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-08-17T19:39:57.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/7TmLGuKX.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3135380/ferguson-michael-brown-autopsy-shot/","duration":"PT5M10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3135380/ferguson-michael-brown-autopsy-shot/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```