New details emerge about the moments before police shot Corey Ruiz

A recording of police scanner traffic in the moments leading up the fatal police shooting of Corey D. Ruiz in Madison, Wisconsin, on July 22, 2026. The series of events that led to the fatal Madison police shooting of a man last week on the city’s Near East Side began with calls to police about a man stealing bikes and checking a car handle, according to the woman who made one of the calls and a recording of police radio traffic. Jaxon Rose, 11, who was visiting family in Madison, sits on a stoplight pole during Thursday evening's vigil for Corey Ruiz at the intersection of Williamson and South Baldwin streets. Mourners take a moment at a memorial to honor Corey Ruiz, who was shot and killed by police.

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