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Milwaukee ABC affiliate WISN spoke to Blake's fiancé, Laquisha Booker, who said two of their kids were sitting in the back of the car when he was shot by police. She claimed the officers threatened to shoot her as well.

Booker told WISN she never called police and wasn't sure why they were there. She said her fiancé wasn't armed and didn't own any guns or weapons.

\"It doesn't make sense to treat someone like that,\" Booker told WISN.

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A large crowd of protesters amassed at the scene after the shooting, prompting local authorities to impose the citywide curfew. Officers were seen using tear gas on protesters who had gathered outside the Kenosha Police Department.

Police said they have received \"numerous\" calls overnight about armed robberies and shots fired in the city.

Authorities later announced the Kenosha County Courthouse and administration building will be closed Monday due to \"damage sustained during last night's civil unrest.\" Kenosha city officials held a presser Monday evening to update residents on the investigation, but the location of the presser had to be changed multiple times as protesters shouted in the background. The presser was originally scheduled to be outside, but it was moved inside. Banging and shouting from protesters could still be heard, so it was then moved a third time into an interior room.

Renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump said he has been retained by Blake's family and that the man is in stable condition. Crump claimed that Blake was helping to deescalate a domestic incident when police drew their weapons and Tasered him. As Blake was walking away to check on his kids, the officers fired their weapons several times into his back at point blank range, according to Crump.

\"We all watched the horrific video of Jacob Blake being shot in the back several times by Kenosha police. Even worse, his three sons witnessed their father collapse after being riddled with bullets,\" Crump said in a statement Monday. \"Their irresponsible, reckless, and inhumane actions nearly cost the life of a man who was simply trying to do the right thing by intervening in a domestic incident. It’s a miracle he’s still alive.\"

\"We will seek justice for Jacob Blake and for his family as we demand answers from the Kenosha Police Department,\" he added. \"How many more of these tragic 'while Black' tragedies will it take until the racial profiling and undervaluing of Black lives by the police finally stops?\"

Evers renewed previous calls for more police transparency, saying Wisconsin legislative leaders \"have failed to act\" to address the issue.

He also called for a special legislative session to take up a package first introduced earlier this year that establishes statewide use of force standards for police.

\"This package invests in community interruption violence programs and works to address the issue of inappropriate use of force by individuals in law enforcement, prohibit dangerous police practices build upon the work of law enforcement standards board and strengthens accountability measures,\" he said. \"These are commonsense policies that transcend political debate.”

He said the shooting underscores that racism is a public health crisis that demands immediate action.

The state's lieutenant governor, Mandela Barnes, also blamed lawmakers for not doing more.

\"Let me be clear, this was not an accident, this wasn’t bad police work. This felt like some sort of vendetta being taken out on a member of our community,” Barnes said. \"The irony isn’t lost on me that as Jacob Blake was actually trying to deescalate a situation in his community, but the responding officer didn’t feel the need to do the same. And now we all know Jacob Blake's name.\"

He said legislative leaders had ignored calls for change from people in every part of the state and now \"another Black man is fighting for his life due to the actions of law enforcement.\"

\"The people of our state are done waiting for the Legislature to act, and so are we,\" Barnes said. “We know we cannot remedy the systemic racism built into all of our systems with just this package of bills, but that does not mean we should stand still.\"

The Wisconsin Professional Police Association said it supported the governor's call for a special session of the legislature.

\"As Wisconsin’s largest law enforcement group, we have a long history of undertaking and supporting efforts to strengthen the relationship between law enforcement and the communities it serves. For that reason, we wholeheartedly support Gov. Evers’ decision to call a special session of the legislature to begin addressing these issues. We also support the formation of a task force by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to focus on these issues from a broader, more systemic perspective,\" the association said in a statement. \"We share the urgency expressed by the governor and we respect the long-term view advanced by the speaker. We urge these leaders to support one another and their distinctive strategies to affect meaningful change.\"

ABC News' Matt Foster, Sabina Ghebremedhin and Will Gretsky contributed to this report.

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