According to Josh Kaul, Sheskey was the only cop who shot at the scene. Detailing what led to the presence of Sheskey and his colleague officers at the scene, Josh Kaul told reporters that officers responded to a call from a woman who said her boyfriend was at her residence but was not supposed to be on the premises.
“During the incident, officers attempted to arrest Jacob S. Blake, age 29. Law enforcement deployed a taser to attempt to stop Mr. Blake, however, the taser was not successful in stopping Mr. Blake,” Kaul said.
“Mr. Blake walked around his vehicle, opened the driver’s side door, and leaned forward. While holding onto Mr. Blake’s shirt, officer Rusten Sheskey fired his service weapon seven times. Officer Sheskey fired the weapon into Mr. Blake’s back.”
He further stated that officers of the Kenosha Police Department do not use body cameras.
“While holding onto Mr. Blake’s shirt, Officer Rusten Sheskey fired his service weapon 7 times,” AG Josh Kaul said while narrating the shooting incident of Jacob Blake.
“Officer Sheskey fired the weapon into Mr. Blake’s back. No other officer fired their weapon.”
Surprisingly, AG Josh asserted that Blake admitted to having a knife in his possession at the time officers arrived on the scene. He said authorities discovered a knife on the floorboard of Blake’s vehicle, but no other weapons were found.
An attorney for Blake’s family, however, denied the reports of a knife inside Blake’s car.
“In the vehicle, he did not have a weapon,” attorney Patrick Salvi Jr. said Wednesday, according to CNN. “I can’t speak directly to what he owned, but what I can say is his three children were in the car and that was in the front of his mind. That is the most important thing to him in his life: his family and his children.”
