A Twitter user, @TheePharoah, may have live-tweeted the shooting and death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, over the weekend.
Rolling Stone writer Tim Dickinson discovered the Tweets, which included a photo that appears to be of Michael Brown’s body on the street. The Twitter user, who lists “St. Louis” as his location, said police shot someone in front of his apartment and there was blood all over the street.
“I JUST SAW SOMEONE DIE OMFG,” @TheePharoah wrote before tweeting a photo of what appears to be a dead body on August 9th at 1:05 PM local time. “The police just shot someone dead in front of my crib yo.”
The media, though, may not get any more information from @TheePharoah – the Twitter user has warned the media that he does not intend to speak about the incident.
“I will tell you i know nothing,” @TheePharoah wrote in a subsequent Tweet.
Dear media, please dont ask me questions. I will tell you i know nothing.
— Bruh. (@TheePharoah) August 14, 2014
Police have clashed with Ferguson residents, who have looted and rioted, since the incident. On Friday, Ferguson police chief Tom Jackson released a video that allegedly shows Brown robbing a convenience store and shoving and threatening the clerk before his fatal encounter with police. Jackson also revealed that Darren Wilson, the officer who stopped and killed Brown, did not know that Brown had allegedly robbed a convenience store earlier in the day.
Here are the tweets, most of which were curated by Dickinson:
I JUST SAW SOMEONE DIE OMFG
— Bruh. (@TheePharoah) August 9, 2014
Im about to hyperventilate
— Bruh. (@TheePharoah) August 9, 2014
@allovevie the police just shot someone dead in front of my crib yo
— Bruh. (@TheePharoah) August 9, 2014
Fuckfuck fuck pic.twitter.com/UpPNMEzuwf
— Bruh. (@TheePharoah) August 9, 2014
Its blood all over the street, niggas protesting nshit. There is police tape all over my building. I am stuck in here omg
— Bruh. (@TheePharoah) August 9, 2014
Bruh. Im so upset
— Bruh. (@TheePharoah) August 9, 2014
@_amourlace no reason! He was running!
— Bruh. (@TheePharoah) August 9, 2014
I saw it happen man..
— Bruh. (@TheePharoah) August 9, 2014
@AlexDon314 yes man, he dead in the street.
— Bruh. (@TheePharoah) August 9, 2014
@DomoTheTruth dude was running and the cops just shot.him. i saw him die bruh
— Bruh. (@TheePharoah) August 9, 2014
@taeGawd bruh in.front of.my.crib!
— Bruh. (@TheePharoah) August 9, 2014
@DomoTheTruth Im in the tape man this shit right in front.of my apartment
— Bruh. (@TheePharoah) August 9, 2014
@taeGawd gahdamn that shit crazy
— Bruh. (@TheePharoah) August 9, 2014
Im over the initial shock, but gahdamn
— Bruh. (@TheePharoah) August 9, 2014
@DomoTheTruth he looked like 18 or 19. His parents out here tripping now
— Bruh. (@TheePharoah) August 9, 2014
@SLIKK_DARKO yeah man. 7 times i think
— Bruh. (@TheePharoah) August 9, 2014
@SLIKK_DARKO the first two was, the next 5 werent, he turned around
— Bruh. (@TheePharoah) August 9, 2014
The first two was clear, then it was a barage of them shits
— Bruh. (@TheePharoah) August 9, 2014
Nigga got an AR pic.twitter.com/4KnaqMPO3a
— Bruh. (@TheePharoah) August 9, 2014
@DeadestPoet hella out here pic.twitter.com/vtKig1NKQY
— Bruh. (@TheePharoah) August 9, 2014
@MVPGO cuz, I saw the parents out here they were 20 feet away from me, screaming
— Bruh. (@TheePharoah) August 9, 2014
@_takeitsleazy apparently he stole some rellos
— Bruh. (@TheePharoah) August 9, 2014
Thanks to everybody that checked on me, I love yall, Ima be safe. Yall be safe too.
— Bruh. (@TheePharoah) August 11, 2014