Two people were shot dead on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday in the US town of Kenosha, in anger protests after a white policeman seriously injured an African-American, Jacob Blake. "The shooting resulted in the deaths of two people and a third person was hospitalized with serious but not life threatening injuries," Kenosha police said on Twitter.
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Violence erupted in the Wisconsin city when hundreds of protesters marched for the third night in a row after a video showing Jacob Blake, seriously injured Sunday by a white Kenosha policeman, was released.
Gunfire and multiple casualties in Kenosha?
The images show the young father, followed by two police officers having drawn their weapons as he walks around a car. An officer grabs his white tank top as he opens the door and tries to get into the driver's seat. The police officer then fired - the recording suggesting seven shots - hitting Jacob Blake with several bullets in the back.
Kenosha police said they had been alerted to reports of gunfire and several victims, adding that an "active investigation" was underway. Earlier, videos, uploaded, showed people running through the streets of Kenosha as gunshots rang out. In others, we can see injured men on the ground.