No Michael Brown did NOT fracture police officer Darren Wilson's eye socket during tussle. Update!

Yesterday the Washington Post reported the following:

The signs of easing tensions came as a family friend of the officer who fatally shot Brown came forward to offer a version of the incident with new details, saying that the officer suffered a fracture to his eye socket in a scuffle with the unarmed teenager before opening fire. 

Hospital X-rays of the injury have been taken and will be shared with a grand jury that is weighing evidence to determine whether Officer Darren Wilson should be charged in the shooting, said the friend, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of fear of threats. The friend has been in contact with Wilson’s family members.

Of course this resulted in all kinds of "We told you so's" from the Right Wing and Fox News ran with it as a sign that the police officer was in fear for his life from the six foot four teenager. 

Only problem with that is that it is not true.

Reports that Ofc Darren Wilson had a bruised or fractured eye socket are false. #ferguson A source close to the investigation tells CNN
— Julian Cummings CNN (@JulianCummings) August 21, 2014

Wilson was taken to the hospital after the shooting. He had xrays which came back negative. He was treated for a swollen face. #ferguson
— Julian Cummings CNN (@JulianCummings) August 21, 2014

Well that's interesting.

Equally interesting is the statement made by a new witness who more or less corroborates much of what Brown's friend, Michael Johnson, told reporters. 

Here is what I thought was the most interesting portion: 

CC (Reporter Courtney Collins.): he did not fire at that time? 

Brady: no he fired, he fired 

CC: ok see that's important, that's important 

Brady: he definitely fired, he definitely fired 

CC: so mike brown is running away, the officer is out of the car, the weapon is drawn, and you see him hear and fire at mike brown while he is running away? 

Brady: yes 

CC: absolutely? 

Brady: absolutely 

CC: so he is hit and he's now facing the officer 

Brady: facing the officer 

CC: What is the position of the officer? 

Brady: the officer - he's still got his gun drawn - 

CC: gun is drawn 

Brady: and he's at a distance - still about 15-20 feet away 

CC: so mike brown is hunched over 

Brady: he's hunched over like this, like he was already shot when I come outside, so now he's facing the officer, I remember him taking like 2 small steps - like he was going down anyway, he didn't look like he was going to give up, it looked like he was already hurt. 

CC: what's the loaded word? The loaded word is charged. Does the word charged fit was mike brown was doing? 

Brady: charged, no... like want to charge toward the officer? 

CC: yes 

Brady: no, no, no, there's no way 

CC: there's no way? 

Brady: there's no way, there's no way // he was already like this - and the officer took like 3 - 4 shots at him and that's when he went down just like he - 

CC: so as he's going in the motion that you're describing, you do see and hear the officer fire again? 

Brady: yes, yes - before he went down 

CC: You're sure? 

Brady: yes

The witness also said that he heard no shots fired while Brown and Wilson were tussling in the patrol car, and that Wilson did not demand that Brown stop before firing his weapon, which as stated above he fired at the retreating back of Michale Brown.

To be fair the Ferguson police claim to have a "dozen witnesses" that back up the officer's statement about the shooting, but oddly I have not seen any of them come forward to be interviewed by reporters.

Update: Keep in mind that the only autopsy made public thus far found that there was NO evidence to support the accusation that Michael Brown struck Officer Wilson during the altercation.

Update 2: The long lost incident report has also been released today.

Here is a rather comprehensive explanation for what you are seeing from the Daily Kos.