Overview
- Police say officers chasing a man for checking parked cars encountered Corey Ruiz and a physical struggle broke out on Wednesday before a veteran officer fired at close range and Ruiz later died at a hospital.
- City officials publicly identified the victim as 38-year-old Corey Ruiz and the Dane County Medical Examiner completed a forensic autopsy on July 23 with cause and manner of death still pending.
- All four officers involved have been placed on administrative leave and the state DCI is handling the investigation while declining to name the shooter until its review is complete.
- Multiple bystander videos show officers wrestling Ruiz, a Taser being deployed and then what appears to be three close-range gunshots, and investigators are examining whether Ruiz fell from or was removed from his bicycle and why the stun device failed.
- Hundreds of people have held vigils and protests, the family has hired civil-rights lawyer Ben Crump, and city leaders face renewed pressure to expand body-worn cameras and to provide transparent answers about use-of-force tactics.