A video posted on social media shows a white Kenosha police officer shooting a black man as he gets into a vehicle on the city's north side at 40th St. and 28th Ave. early Sunday evening.
The victim was flown to a Milwaukee hospital. A police department news release said the man was in serious condition.
The incident set off a fury in the neighborhood and extra officers and Kenosha County Sheriff's deputies were called to the scene.
The brief video clip shows two officers, at least one with his gun drawn, following the man around the front of a SUV as people are screaming in the background. As the man gets in on the driver's side, seven or eight gunshots ring out. An officer pushes a woman away from the vehicle. The clip ends.
It's not know if the man who was shot was armed. Neighbors said the man's children were present.
The release said officers were called to the scene for a domestic incident. Stories at the scene varied--one said the man was trying to break up a fight.
One witness said it appeared one of the officers had tried to 'taze' the man.
Police cordoned off a large area of the street, then silently stood along the yellow tape while groups of people yelled at them.
One woman told a reporter, "The police are trigger happy. Black lives do matter and they need to understand that."
As night fell, a much larger crowd gathered and started chanting.
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