Overview
- Police say officers pursued a man who fled on a bicycle and a physical struggle at Williamson and South Baldwin ended with one officer firing three close-range shots on Wednesday.
- City officials identified the victim as 38-year-old Corey Ruiz and said the officer who fired was injured by a large fixed‑blade knife the man produced during the encounter.
- All four officers involved have been placed on administrative leave and the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation is conducting an independent homicide probe.
- Multiple bystander videos showing the struggle, a Taser deployment that police say failed, and the close-range gunfire went viral and drew hundreds of protesters and candlelight vigils in Madison.
- The case has reignited calls for transparency, evidence release and wider use of body-worn cameras because frontline Madison officers do not have broad camera deployment.