After almost a week of uncertainty, the Ferguson police department finally named the officer responsible for the shooting and killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed teen in the St. Louis suburb.
Ferguson police chief Tom Jackson named Darren Wilson, who the chief described as a 6-year veteran of the force with no previous disciplinary action filed against him.
During a press conference yesterday, however, Jackson was asked whether Wilson was the shooter by a reporter who cited protesters as the source of the information.
"I'm not going to comment on that," Jackson said.
Though he refused to address the question about Wilson, Jackson specifically said another man who was named as the shooter by a self-described associate of the hacker group was not involved in the shooting.
Jackson had previously said the department wouldn't release the name until "someone is formally charged."