HUNDREDS of protesters took to the streets of Kenosha in the northern US state of Wisconsin on Sunday night after a police officer shot a black man seven times in the back as his three children looked on.

Jacob Blake, 29, is in serious condition in a Milwaukee hospital after the shooting, which occurred in a residential area of the town, which has a population of about 100,000, at about 5pm on Sunday.

Officers had attended the scene in response to a “domestic incident,” a statement from the Kenosha police department said.

Footage filmed and shared on social media shows Mr Blake beside a car, walking away from three police officers, two of whom follow him with their guns drawn, shouting after him. Three or four women are also seen yelling in the video.