A Columbus Division of Police (CPD) officer fired shots and killed an armed suspect less than a mile from the Republican National Convention (RNC), the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Tuesday.
The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that a local adult male was killed.
The police shooting occurred where two men were allegedly fighting each other with knives, TMJ-4 reported. Fraternal Order of Police President Brian Steel told NBC 4 that several CPD officers were present in Milwaukee to assist with security at the Republican National Convention. (RELATED: ‘We’re Gonna Win’: RNC Kicks Off With Defiance, Unity After Trump Assassination Attempt)
Oliya Scootercaster filmed the Major police presence at the scene of the alleged incident.
BREAKING Columbus Police have sHot a suspect about a mile away from Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
Columbus police are in Milwaukee to help provide security for the convention. pic.twitter.com/EVVky5ptFh
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) July 16, 2024
The footage captured multiple police officer traversing the area by foot and horse. Some of the area was taped off from the public.
Locals near the scene told FreedomNews.TV that the deceased man was a homeless man.
“They only doing that because of the RNC” – eyewotnesses described how a homeless man, allegedly with a knife, was shot and killed near the RNC.
A Columbus police officer allegedly have shot and killed a man while working in Milwaukee as security surrounding the Republican… pic.twitter.com/pGLaB41afA
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) July 16, 2024
A witness told the outlet that she “saw the guns fired, the shots fired” and that “a couple of police officers” fired their weapons. The witness said that she did not observe any sort of physical confrontation prior to the shooting. “I didn’t hear [the officer] say drop no goddamn knife — I didn’t hear that,” the witness said. “They only doing that because of the RNC.”
Another eyewitness told the outlet that, “One gentleman had a [small] knife” in the altercation and that the police did order them to drop it.
“There is no way you can say this was anything but murder” – eyewitness describes how a local homeless man, with what he described as a small knife, was shot multiple times by Columbus Police close to RNC in Milwaukee.
A Columbus police officer allegedly have shot and killed the… pic.twitter.com/E5JahABGKH
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) July 16, 2024
“When [the suspect] turned back around and then back toward the police, they shot him, multiple tines,” the eyewitness said. “There is no way you can say this was anything but murder,” the witness added. The witness said that the homeless man was well known to locals and that he was not a violent person.
No officers were injured during the shooting, Steel said, WCMH reported.