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To his mother, he was her baby. To his brother, a hard worker. To his daughter, her “twin for life.”
That’s how they remember Corey Ruiz, who was shot and killed by a Madison police officer on July 22 at the intersection of Williamson and South Baldwin streets. The years preceding his killing are marked with interactions with the criminal legal system, but those closest to Ruiz describe a loving man who was trying his best despite challenges…