A man was shot and killed in Milwaukee near the site of the Republican National Convention by police officers from Ohio who were in town to assist local law enforcement with security at the GOP event, in an incident that comes amid heightened security around political events following an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
Officers patrol the crime scene where a man was shot and killed by police near King Park on the west ... [+]
The incident took place in a residential neighborhood around a mile away from the site of the GOP convention on Tuesday afternoon.
Five uniformed officers from the Columbus, Ohio, police department fired at the man who was allegedly armed with a knife in each hand and “engaged in an altercation with another unarmed individual,” Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman told reporters.
The five officers were part of a 13-member bicycle patrol unit they were discussing their daily assignment when the incident took place, Norman added.
The patrol unit is in Milwaukee, along with a large contingent of thousands of out-of-state police officers, to assist local authorities with security arrangements for the Republican National Convention.
The police also released body camera footage of the incident, which shows officers yelling “drop the knife” at a man engaged in a confrontation with another, before opening fire at the armed man as he moved toward the other person.
Other city and law enforcement officials told the Associated Press that the incident doesn’t appear to have any link with security at the convention itself.
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