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Corey Ruiz to be laid to rest Friday; Rev. Al Sharpton will deliver eulogy

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Corey Ruiz to be laid to rest Friday; Rev. Al Sharpton will deliver eulogy

Funeral services for Corey Durell Ruiz, the 38-year-old father fatally shot by a Madison Police Department officer on July 22, will be held Friday, August 14, at 11 a.m. at Fountain of Life Church, 633 W. Badger Road in Madison. Rev. Al Sharpton, founder of the National Action Network, will deliver the eulogy, and civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing the Ruiz family, will deliver a “Call to Justice.”

Hundreds of marchers, led by the Rev. Al Sharpton (center) and other activists, held a rally outside Florida’s state Capitol on February 15 to protest Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration’s rejection of a new Advanced Placement course on African American studies.
(Photo: CNN)

Ruiz, who was experiencing homelessness at the time of his death, was shot during a struggle with four officers who were attempting to arrest him near Williamson and South Baldwin streets. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The Wisconsin Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation is leading the probe into the shooting, which has sparked weeks of protests and calls for accountability.

The shooting occurred near the sites of two other fatal police shootings in the city, of Tony Robinson in 2015 and Paul Heenan in 2012, reviving longstanding community calls for an independent and transparent investigation.