Wisconsin DOJ Reviews Corey Ruiz Shooting as Records Show 9 Prior Charges Involving Police
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Updated · FOX 6 Milwaukee · Jul 27
Wisconsin DOJ Reviews Corey Ruiz Shooting as Records Show 9 Prior Charges Involving Police
1 articles · Updated · FOX 6 Milwaukee · Jul 27
Summary
Wisconsin’s Division of Criminal Investigation is reviewing evidence in the fatal police shooting of 38-year-old Corey Ruiz by Madison officers last week.
More than two dozen criminal complaints over nearly 20 years show Ruiz was charged nine times and convicted eight times of resisting, obstructing, threatening or injuring officers, including five cases involving Madison police.
A 2021 case cited threats against officers, and Ruiz later pleaded guilty to making threats, though Madison police lack body-worn cameras to independently verify the quoted statements.
Ruiz’s family lawyers said his record does not resolve whether officers acted lawfully or reasonably, and they called for a full, transparent review focused on the circumstances of his death.
Public records also show past competency concerns and Ruiz’s own references to mental-capacity struggles and drug use, but no record indicates he was ever found incompetent.