A Milwaukee man was fatally shot Tuesday afternoon by police officers from Columbus, Ohio who were in town to provide security for the Republican National Convention, authorities.
A Milwaukee man was fatally shot Tuesday afternoon by police officers from Columbus, Ohio who were in town to provide security for the Republican National Convention, authorities say. Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman said the man had a knife in each hand and refused police commands, the AP reports. He said five Columbus officers fired at the man. The shooting happened almost a mile from the convention site, in an area Columbus police said was at the “outer perimeter of the RNC, within the operational zone to which our officers were assigned”, reports NBC News.
