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It comes on the third day of unrest over the police shooting of Jacob
Blake - whose family says has been left paralysed.
Two people have died after gunfire broke out during protests over the
police shooting of a black man in Wisconsin.
https://news.sky.com/story/jacob-blake-protests-three-people-shot-one-fatally-in-wisconsin-incident-reports-12056839
It comes on the third day of unrest after Jacob Blake was shot several
times in Kenosha on Sunday.
The city's police department said officers responded to reports of "shots
being fired and multiple gunshot victims" on Tuesday night.
"The shooting resulted in two fatalities and a third gunshot victim was transported to a hospital with serious, but non-life threatening
injuries," the force said.
It said an investigation was under way, with details about the victims not
yet made public.
Riot police fired rubber bullets and tear gas during the clashes as
protesters defied a curfew and gathered outside a court building and park
at the centre of Kenosha.
Most people left the area, but some walked to a nearby petrol station, according to The New York Times, which said the atmosphere became tense as
some started to argue and shove each other.
Police arrived in armoured trucks and urged the crowd to go home, before
shots were fired after midnight.
Three people were hit, The New York Times reported, quoting Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth.
He said the investigation was focused on a group of men with guns outside
the petrol station, and that officers were scouring video taken just
before the shooting.
Footage on social media showed several people rushing towards a man firing
at them with a gun.
Another video shows a man with a serious arm wound sitting on the ground
while he is tended to by a man holding a gun, as police approach.
Wisconsin's governor, Tony Evers, had called for calm and declared a state
of emergency under which he doubled the National Guard deployment from 125
to 250.
On Tuesday, Mr Blake's mother, Julia Jackson, said her son would be "very unpleased" if he could see the violence that had broken out in the city.
She said: "I'm really asking and encouraging everyone in Wisconsin and
abroad to take a moment and examine your heart - citizens, police
officers, firemen, clergy, politicians - do Jacob justice on this level
and examine your heart.
Julia Jackson, mother of Jacob Blake, gave a powerful speech calling for healing while condemning the recent violence
'How dare we hate what we are, we are humans'
"We need healing. As I pray for my son, healing physically, emotionally
and spiritually, I also have been praying even before this for healing of
our country."
The shooting of Mr Blake on Sunday was captured in a graphic video,
apparently filmed by a bystander, sparking protests which have included
some rioting and looting.
Thirty businesses were destroyed in the city on Monday night.
A family lawyer, Ben Crump, said the 29-year-old had been left paralysed
and was "fighting for his life".
Mr Blake's family is preparing to file a civil lawsuit against the police department.
Their lawyer said Mr Blake was trying to break up an argument between two women.
In the footage, he walks from the pavement to the front of his vehicle as officers follow him with their guns drawn and shout at him.
As Mr Blake opens the door and leans in, an officer grabs his shirt from
behind and opens fire.
Seven shots can be heard, though it is not clear how many struck Mr Blake
or how many officers fired.
Mr Blake's sons - aged three, five and eight - were in the family car at
the time, Mr Crump said. It was the eight-year-old's birthday.
The man who says he filmed the shooting, 22-year-old Raysean White, said
he saw Mr Blake scuffling with three officers and heard them shout, "Drop
the knife! Drop the knife!" before shots were fired.
He said he did not see a knife in Mr Blake's hands.
Mr Blake's father told the Chicago Sun-Times that his son had "eight
holes" in his body.
Police have said little about what happened other than that they were responding to a domestic dispute.
It comes three months after the police killing of George Floyd in
Minneapolis led to protests in the US and around the world.
### - shot him in the back at point-blank range at least 7 times??
no knife can be seen in the video...
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