FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – Activists, authorities and the family of Michael Brown called for calm Friday as a grand jury drew closer to an announcement in the Ferguson police shooting. But a spokesman for St. Louis County’s top prosecutor said the panel is still in session.
There was no indication precisely when the grand jury would render a decision.
The St. Louis area was on edge as it awaited word on whether the panel would indict Ferguson officer Darren Wilson in the Aug. 9 death of Brown, who was 18 and unarmed when he was killed.
Ed Magee, a spokesman for county Prosecutor Bob McCulloch, said Friday in an email to reporters that the grand jury is still reviewing the case. The time, date and place for a news conference announcing the decision had not been decided, he wrote.
Wilson, 28, reportedly told the grand jury he feared for his life as Brown, who was 6-foot-4 and nearly 300 pounds, came at him. Witnesses said Brown was trying to surrender and had his hands up.