Columbus police release bodycam of police shooting near RNC [Video]

MILWAUKEE — The Columbus Division of Police released body camera video Tuesday showing what led up to the fatal shooting of a man near the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

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 Tuesday evening 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.

In the bodycam video, officers can be seen standing in a circle, when one officer says “He’s got a knife. Yes, he does.”

Multiple officers can be …