Children watch in Horror as Cops Shoot Unarmed Dad in the Back—7 Times

 

An investigation is now underway after cops with the Kenosha local department opened fire on an unarmed man ahead of his children.

That man, Jacob Blake, is now in critical condition, fighting for his life.

According to authorities, police were responding to a domestic incident Sunday afternoon.

How exactly Blake was involved or what happened to spark the decision is unclear.

Video from a bystander's telephone captured the scene that unfolded next.

As the video shows, Blake appears on the passenger's side of the vehicle as two officers pull their pistols.

As he walks from the passenger's side to the driver's side, the officers follow him.

When Blake gets to the driver's side, he opens the door of the vehicle and tries to urge in.

At now, one among the officers is seen grabbing him by the t-shirt while pointing his pistol at his back, at point-blank range.

The officer then puts the gun to Blake's back as he holds on to the man's T-shirt before opening fire.

Blake appears to travel limp within the vehicle and falls onto the car's horn which starts blaring.

Though police didn't identify the daddy, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers released a press release shortly after the shooting, identifying Blake and noting that he'd been critically injured.

"Tonight, Jacob Blake was shot within the back multiple times, in broad daylight, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Kathy and that I join his family, friends, and neighbors in hoping earnestly that he won't succumb to his injuries. While we don't have all of the small print yet, what we all know surely is that he's not the primary Black man or person to possess been shot or injured or mercilessly killed at the hands of people in enforcement in our state or our country," Evers said in his statement.

Police released only a few details about the shooting, stating that a politician involved shooting happened once they were responding to a domestic incident within the 2800 block of 40th Street at 5:11 p.m. consistent with police, officers immediately began to render aid to Blake and he was transported via Flight for all times to Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, in serious condition.

According to CNN, after the shooting, the Kenosha Police requested the Kenosha Sheriff's Department and Wisconsin State Patrol in order that the scene might be turned over to the workplace aside from Kenosha Police, the statement said.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice's Division of Criminal Investigation will investigate this shooting.

Attorney Ben Crump took to Twitter Sunday night and confirmed that Blake's three sons were within the vehicle and watched as police opened fire on their father.

Jacob Blake's 3 SONS were within the CAR he was stepping into when.

We cannot let officers violate their duty to guard us.

Around 2:00 a.m. CST, a lover of Blake's tweeted that Blake had made it out of surgery and is in ICU and urged people - who have already fancy the streets to protest Blake's shoot, to stay peaceful.

Jacob is out of surgery and In ICU. we'll still pray as he fights.

We will not excuse the actions of the Kenosha local department, but his mother asks everyone to please remain peaceful.

Yes, Blake should've complied, but whatever he did most assuredly didn't deserve a death sentence.

He was stepping into his car after apparently ending a fight between two women.