Two People Dead Following Jacob Blake Protests In Kenosha
Two people are dead and a third has been injured in Kenosha, Wisconsin, following a late Tuesday night shooting, police confirm.
Officers report that the shooting happened amid the third night of protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, 29, on Sunday (Aug. 23).
The Kenosha Police Department announced in a news release early Wednesday morning (Aug. 26) that officers responded to reports of multiple gunshot victims. The names and ages of the victims are still being determined but Kenosha News reports that both the shooter and the male who was killed are white.
The third gunshot victim was transported to a hospital with “serious, but non-life threatening injuries,” police say.
Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth did not release any further details about the incident but confirmed that Kenosha Police and the FBI are investigating the shooting.
Protests in Kenosha have continued to grow since Blake was shot in the back several times in front of his children by a Kenosha police officer. Blake’s family says that he is paralyzed from the waist down.
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