Out-of-town cop working RNC fatally shoots Black man ‘with a knife’ one mile from convention arena

A man has been shot and killed near the Republican National Convention by an officer pulled in from out of state to work security for the event.

According to local media, the individual – a 43-year-old Milwaukee resident identified by friends as Samuel Sharpe – had brandished two knives near police before being shot and killed near the Fiserv Forum on Tuesday.

Milwaukee law enforcement later confirmed that the incident had involved members of police from Columbus, Ohio. No officers had been injured, a statement from FOP Lodge 9 said. Columbus police confirmed the incident and said it did not appear to be connected to the convention. Columbus police referred questions to Milwaukee officials.

Milwaukee police later released a statement that stated the incident happened around 1:10 p.m. Officers observed a man armed with a knife in each hand engaged in a fight with another unarmed individual.

Despite the officers identifying themselves as police officers and making several commands to the man to drop the knife, he did not and instead charged at the other individual.

“At this time, several officers discharged their firearms subsequently striking the suspect,” the police statement said.

The man died following the incident, though no other injuries were reported. Two knives were recovered from the scene.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said Sharpe lived in one of the tent encampments, was known by the nickname “Jehovah” and took care of a dog, a pit bull named Isis, the newspaper reported.

Local radio host Dan O’Donnell later reported a woman identifying herself as the sister of the dead man told police at the barricade that he lived “on the street" and was «bipolar schizophrenic.”

The woman claimed officers shot the man