US | Michael Brown Feds Order 2nd Autopsy for Michael Brown Federal ME will step in due to 'extraordinary circumstances' By Polly Davis Doig Posted Aug 17, 2014 10:42 AM CDT Copied A car drives past a memorial in the middle of the street, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014, where Michael Brown was shot by police nearly a week ago in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Eric Holder today ordered a second autopsy for Michael Brown, reports CBS, this time to be performed by a federal official. "Due to the extraordinary circumstances involved in this case and at the request of the Brown family, Attorney General Holder has instructed Justice Department officials to arrange for an additional autopsy to be performed by a federal medical examiner," said a statement from the Justice Department. "This independent examination will take place as soon as possible." The state of Missouri has already performed an autopsy; those results are not yet public. Click for the latest out of Ferguson. Read These Next Giuliani injured in high-speed highway crash. Iran's leaders ditched their phones. Their bodyguards didn't. After rowing across Pacific, brothers want pizza and beer. Massachusetts cranberry bogs are being given a second life. Report an error