National Guard forces are deployed on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, on the second night of protests following the police shooting of Jacob Blake

• National Guard forces were deployed onto the streets of Kenosha during the second night of protests following the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
• Blake was shot seven times by police on Sunday, while his three children were waiting in the car.

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers deployed National Guard forces on the ground in Kenosha during the second day of protests in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake on Sunday.

Blake, 29, was shot by the police seven times on Sunday while three of his four children looked on. A friend of Blake's told a local news reporter it was one of the children's birthdays. Following surgery, Blake is in stable condition at a Milwaukee hospital.

The Kenosha Police Department said that the officers were responding to a report of a "domestic incident," but it's unclear what exactly led up to the shooting.

On Sunday evening, hundreds of people in Kenosha gathered around the city's police headquarters and courthouse protesting the shooting.

In a press briefing on Monday afternoon, Governor Evers announced that he would deploy the National Guard to aid local law enforcement in quelling the protests.

Active duty members of the National Guard were deployed to "provide support to local law enforcement" and "protect critical infrastructure," Evers said in a statement.

At least five National Guard trucks carrying around 150 guards arrived in the streets of Kenosha on Monday night, according to the BBC.

Confrontations between police and demonstrators have steadily escalated in the hours since the shooting. On Monday, protesters were tear-gassed and hit with rubber bullets by police, and several cars were set on fire, and windows were smashed at the Kenosha County Administration Building near the courthouse. The police put the city under curfew from 10:15 p.m. Sunday until 7 a.m. local time on Monday, and enforced an 8 p.m curfew Monday evening that extends until 7 a.m. on Tuesday.

The protests in Kenosha led to similar demonstrations across the country, as hundreds protested in New York, Washington D.C., and Minneapolis.

Footage of the shooting was recorded and posted to social media and protestors gathered shortly after. In the video, Blake can be seen walking away from the multiple officers before being shot.

Witnesses told The Kenosha News that Blake was unarmed and shot in the back. "We've never had anything like this happen before," one witness said.

The officer who shot Blake has not been identified, though he has been placed on administrative leave, the Wisconsin Department of Justice said in a press release on Monday.

The National Guard tankers were seen arriving in Kenosha on Monday evening past the 8 p.m. curfew as the protests continued.

"Until this city hears that the officer has been fired, or what the update is, the city is going to keep burning," a Black Lives Matter activist told Insider on Monday.

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