The black man shot many times in the back by Wisconsin police officers is paralysed from the waist down, his father has said.
Jacob Blake, 29, was shot several times as he went to a car and opened its door in the city of Kenosha on Sunday.
The shooting sparked two nights of protests in the city, with buildings and cars set alight.
His father has now told a US newspaper that his son is paralysed - although doctors do not know if it is permanent.
Jacob Blake Snr told the Chicago Sun Times his son had "eight holes" in his body.
"What justified all those shots?" his father asked. "What justified doing that in front of my grandsons? What are we doing?"
