Hours after a Madison police officer fatally shot a man who they said had pulled a knife during an arrest, protesters marched from the scene of the shooting on the Near East Side to Capitol Square, where they took over the stage set for Wednesday night’s Concert on the Square.
A protestor yells in to a megaphone towards concertgoers during a protest after a man was shot and killed by police at Williamson St. and S. Baldwin St. on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
People protest after a man was shot and killed by police at Williamson St. and S. Baldwin St. on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
OWEN ZILIAK,STATE JOURNAL
People eat dinner at Concerts on the Square while protestors move around them to the stage after a man was shot and killed by police at Williamson St. and S. Baldwin St. on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
OWEN ZILIAK,STATE JOURNAL
A vendor throws out food as protesters fill the square protest after a man was shot and killed by police at Williamson St. and S. Baldwin St. on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
OWEN ZILIAK,STATE JOURNAL
Protesters raise their fists on the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol after a man was shot and killed by police at Williamson St. and S. Baldwin St. on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
A protestor yells in to a megaphone towards concertgoers during a protest after a man was shot and killed by police at Williamson St. and S. Baldwin St. on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
People eat dinner at Concerts on the Square while protestors move around them to the stage after a man was shot and killed by police at Williamson St. and S. Baldwin St. on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
People protest after a man was shot and killed by police at Williamson St. and S. Baldwin St. on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
A vendor throws out food as protesters fill the square protest after a man was shot and killed by police at Williamson St. and S. Baldwin St. on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
Protesters raise their fists on the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol after a man was shot and killed by police at Williamson St. and S. Baldwin St. on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
