Michael Brown's federal autopsy was released, confirming that his death was a homicide.
The federal autopsy was the third performed on Brown - one was done by local investigators, and another independently by Brown's family, reported UPI. All three autopsies had the same result.
It was conducted by the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System at the request of the Justice Department. The results were released by St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch.
The report on the federal autopsy read:
"This 18-year-old male died from multiple gunshot wounds. There are severe injuries of the skull, brain, and right chest. The gunshot wounds of the right chest may represent re-entry wounds from the exiting gunshot woulds to the right arm and/or right forehead. Gross and microscopic examinations of the tangential gunshot wound to the right hand reveal with strong likelihood the presence of soot (an indication of close range discharge of a firearm). There is no evidence of close range discharge of a firearm elsewhere. The postmortem toxicology screen is positive for cannabinoids. The manner of death is homicide."
The Justice Department, which performed the local autopsy, is conducting a separate civil rights investigation into Brown's death, according to reports from The Associated Press.
