A man is hospitalized after being shot by an officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on August 23.
A man is fighting for his life after he was shot by an officer with the Kenosha Police Department in Wisconsin Sunday afternoon.

A graphic video purported to be of the shooting and posted on Facebook, shows at least two police officers following the man with guns drawn as he walks from the passenger side of a gray vehicle to the driver's side.
When the man opens the door of the vehicle and tries to get in, one of the officers is seen grabbing him by the T-shirt. The officer points his gun at the man as he holds on to the man's T-shirt.
At least seven gunshots are heard, and the man appears to go limp in the vehicle, the car horn blaring.
Kenosha, Wisconsin, police shoot Black man getting into a car, video shows - The Washington Post
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 24, 2020
“Witnesses told the Kenosha News that the man, who hasn’t been identified, was trying to break up a fight.” https://t.co/9tdAbsyzbp
Police said they were called to the address to deal with a domestic disturbance, but it is unclear who called or what happened before the video recording began.
In a statement, the Kenosha Police Department said an officer involved shooting happened when they were responding to a domestic incident in the 2800 block of 40th Street at 5:11 p.m.
According to police, officers immediately began to render aid and the person was transported via Flight for Life to Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, in serious condition.
After the shooting, the Kenosha Police requested the Kenosha Sheriff's Department and Wisconsin State Patrol so that the scene could be turned over to an agency other than Kenosha Police, the statement said.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice's Division of Criminal Investigation will investigate this shooting. Attorney Benjamin Crump told CNN that Blake's family reached out to him for assistance.
Crump said Blake's three young sons were in the car when he was shot."They saw a cop shoot their father. They will be traumatized forever. We cannot let officers violate their duty to PROTECT us. Our kids deserve better!!"
Confirmed: Jacob Blake’s 3 SONS were IN THE CAR he was getting into when @KenoshaPolice shot him tonight. They saw a cop shoot their father. They will be traumatized forever. We cannot let officers violate their duty to PROTECT us. Our kids deserve better!! #JusticeForJacobBlake
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) August 24, 2020
Crump said in a post on Twitter.After the shooting, the Kenosha County declared a countywide state of emergency curfew that is being enforced by the Kenosha Sheriff's Department from 10:15 p.m. Sunday until 7 a.m. Monday.
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