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BREAKING: Witnesses say a Black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was tasered and then shot several times by police after he broke up a fight between two women. His condition is unknown. #wileg https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-neighbors-man-shot-by-police-at-40th-street-and-28th-ave/article_f1adbd13-3a15-5cdd-bd4e-95113ca36de4.html

WATCH NOW: Neighbors: Man shot by police at 40th Street and 28th Ave.

Neighbors gathered at the intersection of 40th Street and 28th Avenue in Kenosha this evening, where they say police tasered and then shot a man several times.

https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-neighbors-man-shot-by-police-at-40th-street-and-28th-ave/article_f1adbd13-3a15-5cdd-bd4e-95113ca36de4.html

UPDATE: The Kenosha man’s name has not yet been released, but he’s reportedly in “serious condition.” The Wisconsin Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation said they will investigate this officer-involved shooting. #BlackLivesMatter

https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-state-doj-will-probe-officer-involved-shooting-man-in-serious-condition/article_f1adbd13-3a15-5cdd-bd4e-95113ca36de4.html

WATCH NOW: State DOJ will probe officer-involved shooting; man in serious condition

Neighbors gathered at the intersection of 40th Street and 28th Avenue in Kenosha this evening, where they say police tasered and then shot a man several times.

https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-state-doj-will-probe-officer-involved-shooting-man-in-serious-condition/article_f1adbd13-3a15-5cdd-bd4e-95113ca36de4.html

This is the man who was shot today by Kenosha police: Jacob Blake. According to witnesses he was shot seven times in front of his children. #wileg #BlackLivesMatter

https://twitter.com/sarahthamerwisn/status/1297715131745525765

https://twitter.com/sarahthamerwisn/status/1297715131745525765

Jacob Blake's brother told local media early Monday that Blake is in intensive-care following surgery. Wisconsin DOJ says the officers involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave. #BlackLivesMatter

#wileg https://www.insider.com/picture-details-jacob-blake-black-man-shot-by-police-kenosha-2020-8

Details, including a family photo, are emerging about the life of Jacob Blake, the Black man shot 7...

A picture of Jacob Blake, who was shot in the back by police in Wisconsin, has emerged, along with details of his close family and loved ones.

https://www.insider.com/picture-details-jacob-blake-black-man-shot-by-police-kenosha-2020-8

109 people were fatally shot by Wisconsin police between 2013 and 2019, and 99% of those killings did not result in officers being charged with a crime. Black Americans are shot and killed by police at three times the rate of white Americans. #JacobBlake https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/

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