Officer Rusten Sheskey Identified as Cop Who Shot Jacob Blake
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul identified the Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back as Rusten Sheskey, an officer who had seven years’ experience on the job.
In the first update on the shooting since a brief statement this weekend, Kaul said on Wednesday night that officers were dispatched to a Kenosha home on Sunday after a woman reported that a boyfriend was present and wasn’t supposed to be there.
Officers attempted to arrest Blake, 29, and deployed a Taser to no effect, Kaul said. Blake walked around his vehicle, opened the driver’s side door and leaned forward, according to Kaul. While holding Blake’s shirt, Sheskey fired seven times.