Armed BLM protester killed in Austin was pushing fiancee in wheelchair moments before death
THE Black Lives Matter protester shot dead last night at a demonstration in Austin has been identified.
Garrett Foster was reportedly pushing his fiancee in a wheelchair moments before he approached a car while holding a rifle and was shot three times by its driver in .
Witnesses said that, during the event, a car sounded its horned before turning onto a road where were gathered and heading in their direction.
Foster walked towards the vehicle holding a rifle and was shot by the driver before the car turned and sped away, the reported.
Footage of the incident shows dozens of people marching through a city street chanting "Fists up! Fight back!" and holding signs reading "."
Speaking to , Foster's mother, Sheila, confirmed that her son had been to a number of BLM protests along with fiancee Whitney Mithcell, a quadruple amputee.
She said he was licensed to carry a gun and that she wouldn't have been surprised if he had been doing so in order to "protect himself".
Last night also brought including Seattle, Portland, , Louisville, , and two months since Floyd's police custody death in .
In Seattle, protesters torched a youth detention centre and the East Police Precinct, prompting law enforcement to declare the incident a "riot" just before 4:30pm local time.
In Denver, one person was taken to hospital in a stable condition after being hit by a bullet fired by a protester when a car drove through a crowd.
has already and Chicago, and has threatened to deploy them more widely if unrest continues.