Protests broke out in Wisconsin on Wednesday after a deadly police shooting in Madison sparked controversy. Madison Police Chief John Patterson said Wednesday that the fatal shooting occurred when officers responded to a call about a man in his 30s suspected of attempting to break into cars in the Marquette neighborhood. The suspect fled police before officers apprehended him at an intersection, when a struggle ensued as the man resisted arrest and attacked an officer with a knife, Patterson said. The injured officer used a Taser on the suspect, but it proved unsuccessful, the police chief said, leading the officer to fire his weapon at the man.Protests broke out against police following the incident, as some critics questioned the tactics used and claimed the shooting was racially charged, as the man who was killed appeared to be black. Critics compared the situation to the fatal shootings in Wisconsin of Jacob Blake in Kenosha in 2020 and Tony Robinson in Madison in 2015, both of which sparked allegations of racism from police, as the killings involved black men. They framed the shooting as unnecessary, slamming police for allegedly shooting the man three times “in the head at point-blank range.”