With protests and demands for accountability growing louder in Madison, Wisconsin, the man who was fatally shot by a police officer this week has been identified.Subscribe to read this story ad-freeGet unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Corey Ruiz, who was in his 30s and a member of the Madison community, was killed Wednesday, officials said during a news conference Thursday.He was shot after police said he pulled out a knife during a struggle with four officers.The news conference became heated, as Madison Police Chief John Patterson was interrupted by two protesters for about 20 minutes.
One took over the microphone to condemn police brutality and demand the officer responsible be jailed.Ruiz “has a family who loves him.I believe Corey has a child,” Madison’s City Council President Sabrina Madison said Efforts to reach Ruiz’s family members were not immediately successful Thursday.“I want to be clear: It does not matter who you are or what your past is.
You should not lose your life as a result of an encounter with law enforcement, that should not happen,” Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway said Thursday, promising that the shooting will be “rigorously investigated.”00:59Madison police shoot man they say was wielding a knife00:0000:00Chief Patterson described the case as “an open and active homicide investigation right now.”The Wisconsin Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation is helming the investigation and will release the name of the officer who fired his weapon, he said.The shooting unfolded Wednesday afternoon, when police officers were dispatched to Madison’s Marquette neighborhood after reports of someone stealing bicycles and checking vehicle doors, police said in their initial statement.Officers located Ruiz, but he biked off, traveling through backyards to get away, authorities said.
Police found him shortly afterward in the intersection of South Baldwin and Williamson Streets, police sa...