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NEW: Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul will give an update on Kenosha Police shooting at a press conference scheduled for 6 p.m. local time/7 p.m. Eastern. #JacobBlake
BREAKING: The shooting officer has been identified as Kenosha Police Officer Rusten Sheskey. He has been an officer with Kenosha Police Department for seven years, according to details provided to @CNN ahead of the press conference
NEW: Jacob Blake allegedly admitted that he did have a knife on his possession and investigators recovered a knife from the driver& #39;s side floorboard of the SUV, according to details shared with @CNN by investigators ahead of press conference.
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Paul: Police were responding to a call from Blake& #39;s girlfriend, saying that he was not supposed to be there. 1/
During the incident tried to arrest Blake and "deployed a taser to attempt to stop Mr. Blake, but the taser was not successful."
Blake walked around his vehicle and opened the driver& #39;s side door. While holding onto Blake& #39;s shirt Sheskey fired his service weapon 7 times...into his back. No other officer fired their weapon, Paul said.
The officers involved in the incident have been placed on administrative leave while an investigation is underway, Paul said.
