#Graphic videos capture tense moment that led to deadly shootings in Kenosha

The gun battle that killed two and injured another in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was sparked by rioters who confronted heavily armed civilians trying to protect a car dealership, according to a series of graphic videos.

On-the-scene reporters caught the run up to late Tuesday’s deadly confrontation — with one even being first to aid a man who had been shot in the head, ripping off his shirt to apply pressure to his bullet wound and carrying him away to get help.

It came during an official state of emergency curfew in the city which saw the third night of riots after the police shooting of local dad Jacob Blake.

“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,” reporter 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 reporter and ex-Marine Julio Rosas, 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.”

Numerous gun shots were 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 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.

McGinniss was then 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 — which was still clinging onto a handgun.

Kenosha police confirmed early Wednesday that two people died during the shootings, with one hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. One had been shot in the head and another 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.