Michael Brown TEENAGE BOY WHO WAS SHOT BY POLICE

Ferguson police: Michael Brown was robbery suspect

Michael Brown, the black teenager shot by police on Saturday in Ferguson, Missouri, was a suspect in a robbery just moments earlier, police have said.

Police say Mr Brown, 18, was one of two men suspected of robbing a nearby convenience store.

Minutes later he was shot by Officer Darren Wilson after a struggle, Ferguson police Chief Thomas Jackson said on Friday.

The killing sparked days of violent protests in Ferguson.

Chief Thomas Jackson spelled out the name of the officer, Darren Wilson, in front of journalists at a news briefing

Mr Jackson described the robbery at the convenience store as being committed without the use of a weapon.

Police released to the press by police shows pictures of a well-built black man intimidating a clerk in the store.

The report identifies Mr Brown as one of the robbers and says he "grabbed a box of Swisher Sweet cigars" and handed them to a second suspect identified as Mr Brown's friend, Dorian Johnson.

Since the shooting on Saturday, Mr Johnson has given a number of interviews in which he has said Mr Brown held up his hands in an act of surrender before being shot by the officer.

He has not mentioned his involvement in any robbery.

Mr Wilson, the police officer said to have shot Mr Brown, is a six-year veteran of the police force with no disciplinary record, Chief Thomas Jackson said.

Mr Jackson said he was treated for injuries sustained during the confrontation with Mr Brown, but he provided no other details of the deadly encounter.