kenosha shooting

A Black man who was shot in the back by a white police officer in Wisconsin, triggering several nights of violent protests, says he was prepared to surrender just before the officer opened fire

Prosecutors in Wisconsin have asked a judge to order an Illinois teen charged with killing two people and wounding a third in unrest following a police shooting to stay out of bars and away from violent white supremacist groups, saying he made a hand gesture adopted by those groups while out drinking.

The Kenosha officer who shot Jacob Blake in the back seven times in a shooting that sparked a nationwide firestorm will not face criminal charges, the Kenosha County District Attorney announced Tuesday.

B’Ivory Lamarr, the attorney for Jacob Blake’s family, told reporters that they would be pursuing “every remedy that is available” after the Kenosha District Attorney announced that he would not be pursuing criminal charges against the police officers who shot and paralyzed Blake in August.

The Illinois teen accused of killing two men during an August protest in Wisconsin pleaded not guilty in court Tuesday as Kenosha awaits a charging decision in the police shooting of a Black man that sparked the unrest.

Claims filed on behalf of two men shot by an Illinois teen during a night of protests over a police shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, allege the city and Kenosha County were negligent in their response to the unrest

An online store has stopped selling merchandise supporting an Illinois teen who killed two people and wounded a third during a Wisconsin protest

Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois teen charged with fatally shooting two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during unrest over the summer, has been released from the Kenosha County Jail after his bond was posted Friday, authorities confirmed.

Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois teen charged with fatally shooting two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during unrest over the summer, has been released from the Kenosha County Jail after his bond was posted Friday, authorities confirmed.

An Illinois judge ruled Friday that a 17-year-old accused of killing two demonstrators in Kenosha, Wisconsin, should be extradited across the border to stand trial on homicide charges.

A 17-year-old accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, will not face charges in his home state of Illinois, prosecutors said Tuesday. An investigation revealed the gun used in the Kenosha shooting was purchased, stored and used in Wisconsin, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office said. There is no evidence the gun...

Jacob Blake was released from the Wisconsin hospital where he was receiving treatment and is now in a rehabilitation center more than a month after he was shot by Kenosha police.

The Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake in the back seven times last month told investigators he thought Blake was trying to abduct one of his own children and that he opened fire because Blake started turning toward the officer while holding a knife, the officer’s lawyer contends. Brendan Matthews, the attorney for Officer Rusten Sheskey and the...

Here are the latest updates on the situation unfolding in Kenosha.

Prosecutors have charged a 17-year-old from Illinois in the fatal shooting of two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and the wounding of a third.

Governor of Wisconsin Tony Evers addressed the unrest in Kenosha at a press conference on Thursday, a day after police arrested a 17-year-old for the shooting of racial justice protesters. Evers was joined by the Wisconsin lieutenant governor and the National Guard, who spoke about maintaining peaceful protests.

At a press conference on Thursday, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes gave updates on the recovery of Jacob Blake as well as the ongoing racial justice protests. Barnes also gave updates on the armed militia that has arrived in Kenosha, Wis.

At 5:11 p.m. on Aug. 23, Kenosha police officers were called to a scene that would ultimately end with officers shooting a Black man, Jacob Blake, in the back at least seven times. In the hours and days following, protests erupted and the small Wisconsin city became the center of nationwide outrage, the latest focal point in what has been…