Walter Wallace Jr. Shooting: National Guard Mobilized In Philadelphia As Thousands Protest On Day 2

The Pennsylvania National Guard was deployed in Philadelphia on Tuesday as thousands protested for the second night following the fatal shooting of a Black man by police a day earlier.

Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, activated several hundred guardsmen to help protect lives and property in Pennsylvania after violent riots and looting occurred in reaction to the death of Walter Wallace Jr. Philadelphia's Police Department has also prepared for potential unrest, Fox News reported.

"For today and this evening, we anticipate the chance of additional incidents of civil unrest and, as such, we will be taking additional steps to ensure order," Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said.

The two Philadelphia police officers who shot the 27-year-old Wallace said he was armed with a knife. Video footage shows Wallace walking on the 6100 block of Locust Street in West Philadelphia in the afternoon as two officers aim their guns at him.

Wallace reportedly walked toward the officers, who quickly moved back and then fired more than a dozen rounds after he allegedly refused to drop the knife. The victim was rushed to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he died.

Walter Wallace Sr., the victim's father, said his son struggled with mental health issues and was on medication, The Philadephia Inquirer reported.

"Why didn't they use a Taser?" he asked. ""Why you have to gun him down?"

His death spurred a protest on Monday evening, as demonstrators hurled rocks and water bottles at officers. Rioters also vandalized eight police vehicles and one Fire Department vehicle. At least 11 police officers were assaulted, and about 76 commercial establishments were robbed, The New York Times reported.

More than 1,000 looters also ransacked business establishments in the Port Richmond area, including a Walmart, a Footlocker, a Burlington Coat Factory and a Dollar General.

Video footage showed people running out of Walmart carrying clothes and electronics, and looters inside the store hauling various items away.

Walter Wallace Jr.'s shooting comes less than a week after 19-year-old Marcellis Stinnette was shot and killed by police officers in Waukegan, Ill. The victim was sitting in a car when a police opened fire on him and his girlfriend, Tafara Williams, 19, who was hospitalized with wounds to her stomach and hand.