Ferguson Police Are Now Saying The Cop Who Shot Michael Brown Didn't Know He Was A Robbery Suspect

The Ferguson police officer who shot an unarmed black teenager Saturday apparently did not know that he was a suspect in a convenience store robbery that happened just minutes earlier, police said in a press conference Friday.

Ferguson police chief Thomas Jackson said the department released surveillance video and police report from the robbery earlier today because media had requested the footage and documents.

Police have not released any report related to the actual shooting, and Jackson did not make clear earlier that the robbery and the shooting were not connected.

Officer Darren Wilson reportedly stopped Brown and his friend Dorian Johnson because they were walking in the middle of the street and blocking traffic, Jackson said.