Columbus police officers involved in fatal shooting near RNC [Video]

MILWAUKEE — Five Columbus Division of Police officers providing security near the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this week discharged their firearms, fatally shooting a man wielding a knife Tuesday.

The shooting happened just after 1 p.m. about a mile from the Fiserv Forum, in the outer perimeter of the RNC where the officers were assigned, Columbus police said in a statement. 

Milwaukee Police Department Chief Jeffrey Norman said in a press conference that 13 uniformed Columbus officers assigned to bicycle patrol were talking over daily events and being briefed in their assigned zone when they observed a 43-year-old man with a knife in each hand. The man was fighting with another unarmed individual.

The officers identified themselves to the man and made several commands to him to drop the knives, Norman said. The man allegedly refused the commands and charged …