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Dramatic images and video footage captured the fatal clash between protesters and heavily armed militia in Kenosha, Wisconsin that left two people dead and a third wounded late Tuesday — the third night of unrest since the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

The confrontation and its aftermath was caught by several witnesses at the scene, and came as the militia members, who said they were guarding a local car dealership to protect it from arson and looting, were confronted by a large crowd of protesters.

The footage shows an armed man walking down the street with protesters in pursuit — reportedly after he’d shot a demonstrator in the head.

The gunman, holding a rifle, stumbles to the ground and is battered with a skateboard and hit with a flying kick — and responds by opening fire, striking two of the demonstrators, with one seen clutching his chest as he walks away.

“We were all chanting ‘black lives matter’ at the gas station and then we heard, boom, boom, boom, and I told my friend, ‘that’s not fireworks,'” protester Devin Scott, 19, told WITI-TV.

“And then this guy with this huge gun runs by us in the middle of the street and people are yelling, ‘he shot someone! He shot someone!” Scott said. “And everyone is trying to fight the guy, chasing him, and then he started shooting again.”

The gunman is then seen approaching several armored police vehicles with his hands up, but cops just drive past him towards the protesters, the images show.

Video posted on Twitter show bystanders tending to the man who was shot in the head, who is seen bleeding and non-responsive.

The bloodbath came during an official state of emergency curfew in the city which saw the third night of riots after the police shooting of Blake shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday.

The violence was captured by several people at the scene.

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The violence was captured by several people at the scene.

“It appears an armed citizen was defending the car dealership and opened fire on the rioter who was attempting to vandalize or burn the dealership down,” conservative YouTuber Drew Hernandez said.

“Before this shooting took place, the rioters were planning to burn down their ‘next car dealership,'” he said, with video supposedly capturing some of the mob bragging about their intentions as they marched over.

Another clip, recorded by Julio Rosas of conservative blog TownHall.com, shows a wild confrontation at a dealership — with a white man yelling at members of a small militia protecting it, “Shoot me, n—er. Shoot me, n—er.”

A protester tosses an object toward police during clashes outside the Kenosha County Courthouse.AP/David GoldmanA protester tosses an object toward police during clashes outside the Kenosha County Courthouse.AP/David Goldman

Numerous gunshots are then heard in another clip — reportedly at the same location — as several people scream and flee.

Videographer Richie McGinniss of the Daily Caller was one of the first on the scene — pulling off his shirt as he tried to help the man, who twitched as he raised his head with a bullet wound on the right side of his head.

“Call the police!” several people shouted of the serious injury during massive anti-police riots.

A man attempts to extinguish a car fire set by protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin.Chris Juhn/ZUMA WireA man attempts to extinguish a car fire set by protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin.Chris Juhn/ZUMA Wire

McGinniss was one of two men who helped carry away the injured man, his site said, as others screamed for him to be rushed to the hospital.

The shooter was reportedly the same man being chased in another graphic clip from the deadly riots — firing several shots from a rifle at people who attacked him after he fell.

Graphic photos on Instagram show a man crying out with a huge wound to his right arm — with his right hand still gripping a handgun.

Kenosha police confirmed early Wednesday that two people died during the shootings, with one hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Two reportedly had been shot in the head, officials had said. They were still determining the victims’ names and ages as well as where they were from, they said.

Authorities told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that they were still looking for a man with a long rifle.

“I feel very confident we’ll have him in a very short time,” Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth told the paper.

Investigators said they had seen the dramatic videos on social media and called for more to be sent.

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