July 22, 2026 / 10:50 PM EDT
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A Madison police officer shot and killed a man who had injured him with a knife while resisting arrest, the city's police chief said Wednesday.Police have not identified the man who was killed, saying only that he was in his 30s."I want to take a moment to honestly and sincerely offer my heartfelt sympathies to his family for this loss," Madison Police Chief John Patterson said at a news conference Wednesday.Cellphone video of the shooting circulated on social media shortly after the incident. Three gunshots can be heard on the cellphone video.Patterson stressed that the footage circulating was just one perspective of what happened. "I ask the community to recognize that there is other video that they have not seen, that's not circulating online, that will be reviewed as part of this investigation," he said. "So, to the extent that they can as we all navigate this trauma together, we try to remain calm and remember that not all perspectives are online right now."
Madison Police Chief John Patterson speaking at a news conference after a Madison police officer shot and killed a man in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, July 22, 2026.
