Wisconsin: Gunfire erupts, leaving 2 dead in protest-hit Kenosha
By DW
27 August 2020 |
4:16 pm
Two people have died in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after gunfire erupted as protests over a recent police shooting of a Black man continued for a third day. At least one other person has been injured.
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