A second friend of Officer Darren Wilson has come forward to defend the cop, describing him as a 'really quiet, well-mannered, respectful guy', who never showed any signs of violence. The male friend of the Michael Brown shooter spoke to GMA on Tuesday but asked that his identity be concealed for his own safety. The friend has been exchanging text messages with the 28-year-old Ferguson officer and said: 'I can tell that this is really hard on him.' Scroll down for video A woman called Josie called a St Louis radio station this weekend in defense of Michael Brown shoot Darren Wilson (pictured). She said that Brown had rushed at the officer after trying to grab his gun and punching him
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A male friend of Ferguson cop Darren Wilson said on Tuesday that he played hockey with him for years and had never once seen him get into a fight
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The friend asked that his identity be concealed for his own safety
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A woman claiming to be a friend of Darren Wilson earlier told a St Louis radio station  the cop HAD heard the 911 dispatch about the robbery
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'Josie' claimed Michael Brown punched Wilson and tried to grab his gun
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A police source later corroborated her claims saying it was 'accurate' to what Wilson had told investigators
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter who tweeted on Monday that 'more than a dozen witnesses corroborated cop's story' later admitted she was on leave and her post was 'personal'
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Brown then ran but turned around and charged at Wilson who fired shots, the friend claimed, saying that the teen seemed 'like he was on something'
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Obama sending Attorney General Eric Holder to Ferguson on Wednesday to meet with federal law enforcement authorities investigating Brown's death
The family's autopsy, which was released on Sunday, revealed the unarmed 18-year-old had been shot at least six times by @placeholder.