After protests and outcry from the town of Ferguson where teenager Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer over the weekend, the FBI has announced their plans to launch an investigation on the case.
According to ABC News, during a press conference Monday morning, St Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar made the announcement.
"The FBI notified me that they will be opening up an investigation that will run parallel to this investigation," he said.
Belmar informed the public that the murder of Brown needed a thorough investigation since little details have been found on his death.
With many stories floating around about the case, the FBI will gather their own information from the shooting involving the unarmed teen, and the Ferguson police officer involved.
"The Bureau will take a lot of the information that we have developed already," Belmar said. "They'll take that information, they may do their own interviews, they may look at the evidence themselves — it's a parallel or a concurrent investigation."
Spokesperson for St. Louis' FBI offices, Special Agent Cheryl Mimura, told reporters the riots and vandalism committed on Sunday didn't prompt them to get involved.
"We've been reviewing the matter (since Saturday), today we officially opened an investigation into a potential civil rights violation," she said, "Regardless of the media attention to this matter, this is something that we would routinely do."
The officer who shot Brown was placed on administrative leave. His name will be announced during a press conference on Tuesday.
Source: ABC News
