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Posted: 2020-08-27T00:23:34Z | Updated: 2020-08-27T00:23:34Z

On Tuesday night, video captured the moment a 17-year-old wielding an assault rifle appeared to shoot two people during a protest in Wisconsin following the police shooting of a Black man days earlier. Two people are now dead and a third person is injured. Heres everything we know so far:

Protests began after officers shot a Black man in his back seven times.

Outrage erupted across the US following another police shooting of a Black man on Sunday. Cellphone video captured the moment 29-year-old Jacob Blake walked to his car and was shot at least seven times in the back by Kenosha police officers.

Its unclear what occurred prior to the shooting, which police have described as a reported domestic incident. Witnesses told the Chicago Sun-Times that Blake was trying to break up a fight.

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul on Wednesday identified Rusten Sheskey as the officer who shot Blake . Kaul said officers were responding to a call from a woman about a domestic issue and had attempted to use a Taser on Blake, but were unsuccessful.

The cellphone video shows that Blake was unarmed as he walked toward his car, where his three children ages 3, 5 and 8 were sitting when police shot him. Blake had plans to celebrate his 8-year-old sons birthday the day he was shot.

Attorney Ben Crump, who has also represented the family of George Floyd , said Tuesday that Blake is alive but paralyzed after the bullets severed his spinal cord and shattered his vertebrae.

Its going to take a miracle for Jacob Blake Jr. to ever walk again, Crump said at a press conference .

Blakes family plans to file a civil lawsuit against the police department over the shooting.

Protesters clashed with police and the National Guard.

On Monday night, hundreds of protesters defied an 8 p.m. curfew to make their voices heard and to hold the police department that left Blake paralyzed accountable.

At least 125 members of the Wisconsin National Guard joined local law enforcement officers in quelling the protests, clashing with demonstrators. By the end of Mondays protests, 34 fires had been set and 30 businesses were either destroyed or damaged, according to The Associated Press . One of those destroyed buildings was Kenoshas Department of Corrections, which was torched to the ground .

By Tuesday, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) declared a state of emergency and increased the number of National Guard members to 250. At a press conference that same day, Blakes mother, Julia Jackson, made a plea for peace.

As I was riding through here, through the city, I noticed a lot of damage. It doesnt reflect my son or my family, Jackson said. If Jacob knew what was going on as far as that goes, the violence and the destruction, he would be very unpleased.

She called for prayers and to examine our hearts.

Lets use our hearts, our love, and our intelligence to work together to show the rest of the world how humans are supposed to treat each other, Jackson said.

Armed vigilantes showed up to a protest, and two people were killed.

On Tuesday night, photos and videos captured by demonstrators showed men armed with assault rifles roaming the streets and chumming it up with police . Video showed police throwing multiple bottles of water to one of the armed men. We appreciate you guys, we really do, an officer says.

More than 3,000 people had signed up for a Facebook event called Armed Citizens to Protect Our Lives and Property that was created by a group calling itself the Kenosha Guard, The Verge reported .

Any patriots willing to take up arms and defend our city tonight from the evil thugs? the event description read. No doubt they are currently planning on the next part of the city to burn tonight.

Later Tuesday night, two people were fatally shot and another was wounded, allegedly by an out-of-state 17-year-old who may have been connected with the group.

The shooting suspect is 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse.

Graphic cellphone footage taken Tuesday night shows what appears to be the shooting suspect, Kyle Rittenhouse, running from protesters after a volley of gunshots rings out. He trips, then is seen shooting two protesters who confront him.

As bystanders cry out to police that people have been shot, Rittenhouse is seen walking toward officers with his hands raised in surrender. Police ignore him.