MADISON, Wisconsin.- The police shooting death of a man who wounded an officer with a knife while resisting arrest has shaken the city of Madison, Wisconsin, with Gov. Tony Evers calling for “transparency and accountability” in any investigation and community members gathering at a growing memorial for the man.

Protesters marched Wednesday after the shooting and held a candlelight vigil in memory of the man who died. Some even spent the night at the growing memorial of candles, flowers and signs, like Ben Weger.

“I don’t plan on leaving anytime soon because it’s important to maintain this space,” said Weger, pastor of Stoughton United Methodist Church, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) away.

Sabrina Thompson of Madison was crying at the memorial site. “It’s really unbearable,” he said. “It can’t be described.”

Evers posted online saying, “We will continue to keep the loved ones and family of the individual who was murdered in our hearts and prayers.”

“His life mattered,” the governor said.

A video recorded with a cell phone of the confrontation circulated on social networks, where three shots were heard.

Madison Police Chief John Patterson stressed at a news conference that the online images were just one perspective of what happened.

“I want to take a moment to honestly and sincerely offer my deepest condolences to his family for this loss,” Patterson said. The man killed was in his 30s, Patterson said, but police did not release his name.

Patterson said police were responding to calls that someone was trying to break into vehicles parked in the neighborhood. The suspect fled on a bicycle in an attempt to escape before officers contacted him on the street.

The suspect either fell off his bike or was pulled off his bike by officers, Patterson said. During the fight, the suspect pulled out a knife and injured an officer. An officer used a Taser but was unsuccessful. The same officer wounded by the knife fired his weapon and the man shot later died in the hospital. The chief described the officer who fired his weapon as a veteran officer, but did not disclose any other details.

Another officer was injured, but it is unclear how, Patterson said. Two other officers involved were unharmed.

The Wisconsin Department of Criminal Investigation will investigate the shooting and the four officers will be placed on administrative leave.

“There are questions that need to be answered,” Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway posted online. “Understandably, people want answers now.”

The shooting occurred on a city street in a popular neighborhood filled with restaurants, bars, stores and residential homes less than 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) from the state Capitol. Images show numerous cars stopped at the intersection and people watching as it unfolded.

A white police officer shot and killed Tony Robinson, who was biracial, on the same street in 2015; a shooting that sparked large protests. The district attorney did not file charges against police in that case and determined the officer was justified.

Police did not release the race of the officer who fired his gun Wednesday or that of the man killed.

But black advocacy groups in Madison quickly spoke out against the crime and said they believed the man was black.

“Another Black man has died on a Madison street, and our community watched him die before we knew his name,” said Brandi Grayson, director of the Madison-based Black advocacy group Urban Triage. “That is the cruelty of state violence.”

The shooting quickly became embedded in the Democratic gubernatorial race, with one candidate addressing mourners at the vigil site Wednesday night and others calling for swift investigations.

“I am horrified and devastated,” posted Francesca Hong, who showed up at the scene a few blocks from her campaign office.

Another candidate, County Executive David Crowley, said that while details of what happened are still needed, “these reports are painfully reminiscent of the tragedies we have witnessed in Kenosha, Minneapolis and in too many communities across our country.”

A crowd had formed near the scene of the shooting on Wednesday, with people shouting, “Arrest the police!” They placed flowers and candles where the man was shot.

Protesters also marched to the state Capitol and took the stage at a summer concert series, demanding the officer’s name and accountability. The Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra announced on social media that the show was canceled.