Two People Were Fatally Shot And One Person Was Injured In Kenosha During Protests For Jacob Blake

Two people were fatally shot and one was injured in gunfire during the third night of protests in Kenosha over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, police said early Wednesday.

Tuesday night's shooting took place near a gas station following a confrontation between protesters and men armed with guns who claimed to be guarding the gas station, the New York Times reported.

Kenosha police said officers responded to shots fired at around 11:45 p.m. Two people were killed and a third gunshot victim was transported to a hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, police said.