Wisconsin police officer shoots, kills man on city street near state Capitol in Madison

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Madison's chief of police says an officer in Wisconsin's capital city shot and killed a man who had injured him with a knife while resisting arrest. Cellphone video of the shooting Wednesday circulated on social media shortly after the incident. Three gunshots can be heard on the cellphone video. Madison Police Chief John Patterson stressed at a news conference that the footage circulating was just one perspective of what happened. The shooting happened on a city street lined with restaurants and shops in a residential neighborhood less than two miles from the state Capitol. The Wisconsin Department of Criminal Investigation will investigate the shooting because it involves police officers.