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JACOB "Jake" Blake is paralyzed from the waist down and it will "take a miracle for him to walk again" after the Kenosha shooting.

On Sunday evening, emerged showing , 29, being gunned down by in Kenosha, .

Jacob Blake was reportedly trying to break up a domestic dispute and was unarmed when he was shotCredit: Facebook

Blake's father said he was paralyzed and doctors don't know if he'll remain that way Credit: Instagram

He was supposed to be celebrating his son’s eighth birthday, reported the .

Instead, the father-of-six was shot at least seven times in the back in front of his three sons, who were sitting in an as he tried to enter the vehicle.

told the newspaper his son's body is now riddled with eight bullets.

Blake is also paralyzed from the waist down – and medics don't know yet if this will be a permanent condition.

During a press conference on Tuesday, Attorney Ben Crump confirmed Blake's medical status.

"Medical diagnosis right now is that he is paralyzed and because those bullets severed his spinal cord and shattered some of his vertebrae... it is going to take a miracle for Jacob Blake Jr to ever walk again.

Attorneys and Blake's family held a press conference on Tuesday

"He is currently in surgery as we speak still struggling to sustain his life and to hopefully become some resemblance of the man he once was."

Attorney Patrick Salvi went on to list the injuries that Blake sustained.

Salvi said: "He had a bullet go through some or all of his spinal cord - at least one bullet.

"He has holes in his stomach. He had to have nearly his entire colon and small intestines removed. He suffered damage to his kidney and liver, and was also shot in the arm.

"And so Jacob has a long road ahead of him, a lot of rehabilitation, you heard he's in surgery right now and it's not going to be his last surgery."

Blake Sr will drive from Charlotte, , to be by the 29-year-old's side in hospital.

Jacob "Jake" Blake, 29, was rushed to hospital after the shootingCredit: Change.org

Blake can be seen walking away from police officers in the videoCredit: Raysean White via TMX.news

The police officer fired at least seven shots into the back of Jacob Blake as he was getting into an SUVCredit: Raysean White via TMX.news

“I want to put my hand on my son’s cheek and kiss him on his forehead, and then I’ll be OK,” he told the Sun Times.

“I’ll kiss him with my mask. The first thing I want to do is touch my son.”

Blake Sr described the officers who pulled the trigger as “the flint as well as the gasoline” for .

“Those police officers that shot my son like a dog in the street are responsible for everything that has happened in the city of Kenosha,” he said.

“My son is not responsible for it. My son didn’t have a weapon. He didn’t have a gun.”

Blake tried to get into a grey SUV where his sons were Credit: Raysean White via TMX.news

Angry crowds took to the streets of Kenosha to protest his shootingCredit: AP:Associated Press

Yesterday, Blake's family were then forced to respond to false claims that he died from his injuries.

In an emotional video posted to his Instagram Stories, Blake Sr, said there was no justification for the horrific shooting after confirming his son was "alive and stable."

"The sh** I tell y'all about it's real, man. So no matter what they say, it doesn't justify shooting my son in the back eight times," he said.

"None of that sh** is justified by what they did to my son," Blake Sr continued. "After surgery he is stable. Stable. Still here."

Likewise, Blake's fiancée, , has spoken out after , 29, was shot in front of their kids.

Blake was rushed to Froedtert Hospital in MilwaukeeCredit: Facebook/Jake Blake

People have demanded justice for Blake as he remains in a serious condition Credit: Raysean White via TMX.news

Booker told that she and Jacob have three children together – and they were all in the back of the truck at the time.

"That man just literally grabbed him by his shirt and looked the other way and was just shooting him," Booker said.

"With the kids in the back screaming. Screaming."

"That don't make sense that you treat somebody like that, who's not armed. He ain't throw no punch or nothing."

The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) confirmed the incident is being investigated in a press release.

His fiancée Laquisha said their kids were screamingCredit: TMJ4

The white cop shot Blake at point blank rangeCredit: Credit: Universal News & Sport (Europe)

Protests erupted in the Wisconsin city after Blake's shootingCredit: Reuters

The officers involved have all been place on administrative leave.

Police were responding to a domestic dispute between two women; Blake had been trying to deescalate the situation before he was shot in the back as he tried to walk away, reports say.

Amid the ongoing protests in Kenosha, a petition has been set up calling for the cops involved to be charged.

Meanwhile, Kenosha County was forced to close the The Kenosha County Courthouse and Administration Building " on Sunday night.

Blake was transferred to Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee after he was shot, the WI DOJ said, where he remains in a serious condition.

DCI, Wisconsin State Patrol and Kenosha County Sheriff's Office are heading up the investigation.