Wisconsin Shooting Today

Kenosha county supervisor zach rodriguez speaks during a news conference regarding the protests and shootings that came after jacob blake was shot by police in kenosha wis aug.

Wisconsin shooting today. Chicago mayor lori lightfoot also reacted to the shooting on twitter saying yesterday in wisconsin a police officer shot jacob blake an unarmed black man a father 7 times in the back. A police officer involved shooting on sunday of a black man who was shot in the back set off violent protests in the lakefront city of kenosha wis that have lasted into the early hours monday. Media captionthe us police shooting of jacob blake sparks protests in wisconsin there have been clashes for a second night in wisconsin with buildings and cars set alight following the police. Two kenosha wisconsin police officers are on leave monday as state authorities investigate why a black man was shot as he entered an suv.

The southeastern wisconsin city became the nation s latest flashpoint in a summer of racial unrest after cellphone footage of police shooting jacob blake apparently in the back as he leaned. Among the witnesses to the sunday evening shooting were.