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On August 25, 2020, amidst the Kenosha unrest, a civilian armed with an AR-15 style rifle shot three protesters, one of whom was armed with a handgun, during two confrontations. Kenosha resident Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Silver Lake resident Anthony Huber, 26, were killed; while West Allis resident Gaige Grosskreutz, 26, was injured. Prosecution and defense teams acknowledge that the shooter was Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old from Antioch, Illinois.

Background

On August 23, 2020, an African-American man was shot four times in the back during an arrest by a Kenosha police officer after he was unsuccessfully tasered. The man was shot after he opened the door to his SUV and reached into the vehicle. He is expected to survive, but is paralyzed from the waist down. The police shooting was followed by protests as part of the Black Lives Matter movement, which has seen a resurgence in the wake of several other high-profile killings by police officers in 2020. The Kenosha protests included rallies, marches, property damage, arson, and clashes with police.

In reaction to the George Floyd protests, which precipitated the Kenosha protests, former Kenosha alderman Kevin Mathewson had announced the formation of a militia group he called the Kenosha Guard. On August 25, he put out a call on Facebook for "patriots willing to take up arms and defend" Kenosha, which got a heavy online response. Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian and County Sheriff David Beth expressed disapproval of armed civilians patrolling the streets, while police officers were seen in a video giving them water and heard saying "We appreciate you guys, we really do." Sheriff Beth later said that ahead of Tuesday night's protests, a group of armed individuals had asked him to deputize them to patrol the city of Kenosha, which he refused. He said he did not know if Rittenhouse had been part of the group, but said the possibility of such an incident was why he had refused the request.

Rittenhouse has been described as having participated in local police cadet programs and expressing support on social media for the Blue Lives Matter movement and law enforcement. In the hours leading up to the shooting, Rittenhouse appeared in multiple videos by protesters and bystanders, including in two interviews: One by a livestreamer at a car dealership where he and at the same time a number of other armed men had stationed themselves, the other by a Daily Caller reporter. Some of the men were affiliated with the Kenosha Guard, but it denied any affiliation with Rittenhouse and its leader said he never met or communicated with him. Rittenhouse was seen talking with police officers, as well as offering medical aid to protesters. According to his attorneys, after he had heard about a local business owner who wanted help defending his car dealership, he and a friend "armed themselves with rifles" and went to that business. At some point, he left the dealership and was prevented by police from returning.

Shooting

The moments of shooting were recorded in cellphone footage from multiple angles. Around 11:45 pm, video footage showed Rittenhouse being pursued across a parking lot. As an unknown person fired a shot nearby, Rosenbaum chased after Rittenhouse, throwing something in his direction, identified in some reports as a plastic bag. According to Kenosha County prosecutors, Rosenbaum tried to take Rittenhouse's rifle from him. Rittenhouse then fired four shots, hitting Rosenbaum in the groin, back, and left hand. The bullets fractured Rosenbaum's pelvis and perforated his right lung and liver. Rosenbaum had additional minor wounds to his left thigh and forehead. Rittenhouse remained near Rosenbaum and made a phone call as a bystander began administering first aid to Rosenbaum. Rittenhouse was heard saying into his cell phone, "I just killed somebody." He then fled.

In another video, Rittenhouse was filmed as he continued to be chased down the street by several other protesters before tripping. According to the criminal complaint, at that point, protesters are heard yelling "Beat him up!", "Get him! Get that dude!", and "Get his ass". After he fell, one of the men who had been chasing Rittenhouse began to kick and attempt to disarm him, with Rittenhouse firing two shots, missing this man. Another protester, Anthony Huber, next struck Rittenhouse with a skateboard. According to court records and video footage, Huber struck Rittenhouse's shoulder or head/neck area with his skateboard, and tried to grab the rifle. Rittenhouse shot Huber once in the chest, perforating his heart and right lung. Gaige Grosskreutz also approached Rittenhouse; when Huber was shot, Grosskreutz stopped and put his hands up. When Grosskreutz moved again towards Rittenhouse, Rittenhouse shot Grosskreutz in the arm. According to court records, Grosskreutz appeared to be holding a gun. Grosskreutz has acknowledged that he was carrying a gun. Gunshots from other sources can be heard around the same time of Rittenhouse firing his shots from the ground.

Rittenhouse subsequently walked towards police with his hands up and the semi-automatic rifle strapped across his chest; they allowed him to leave or appeared not to acknowledge Rittenhouse, though several witnesses and other protesters shouted for him to be arrested. When asked at a press conference why Rittenhouse was not stopped, Kenosha Sheriff David Beth said, "In situations that are high-stress, you have such incredible tunnel vision" and implied officers may not have realized he had been involved in the shooting. Likewise, Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskinis claimed that "there was nothing to suggest this individual was involved in any criminal behavior" due to the fact that someone walking towards the police with their hands up was "no longer abnormal" in the wake of the protests.

Investigation and legal proceedings

On August 26, Rittenhouse turned himself in on charges of first-degree intentional homicide in his home state of Illinois. He was labeled a "fugitive from justice" in the criminal complaint, which alleged that he "fled the state of Wisconsin with intent to avoid prosecution for that offense." He was assigned a public defender and initially scheduled to appear at an extradition hearing on August 28. On that day, a judge granted a request to delay the hearing until September 25 so that Rittenhouse could obtain his own counsel. Under Wisconsin state law, he will be charged as an adult. While awaiting extradition Rittenhouse is being held in a juvenile facility in Illinois.

The complaint against Rittenhouse lists six charges: first degree reckless homicide against Joseph Rosenbaum, first degree recklessly endangering safety against Richard McGinnis (a reporter who interviewed Rittenhouse before the shooting), first degree intentional homicide against Anthony Huber, attempted first degree intentional homicide against Gaige Grosskreutz, first degree recklessly endangering safety against an unknown male victim, and possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18 (the only misdemeanor charge, the others are felonies). Each felony charge comes with a "use of a dangerous weapon" modifier, which invokes a Wisconsin law that prescribes an addition of no more than five years of imprisonment for each of the charges if found guilty. According to the prosecutors, the gun was "later recovered by law enforcement and identified as a Smith & Wesson AR-15 style .223 rifle".

Attorney L. Lin Wood and the law firm Pierce Bainbridge are representing Rittenhouse. On August 29, 2020, the legal team for Rittenhouse released a statement asserting that Rittenhouse acted in self defense and was wrongly arrested. On September 22, Rittenhouse's defense team released an 11-minute narrated video of the night, consisting of quick cuts between various angles. The video contends that several shots were fired before and after the shooting of Rosenbaum, and that Rosenbaum may have started chasing Rittenhouse because he mistook him for a man with whom he had a dispute earlier.

Responses

Public sentiment regarding the shootings was polarized. Some news outlets initially covered the shooting as a terrorist attack, and Facebook labelled the incident as a "mass murder" and banned all expressions of support for Rittenhouse. However, other commentators defended his actions. Fox News host Tucker Carlson blamed authorities for failing to stop looting and arson, and added, "How shocked are we that 17-year-olds with rifles decided they had to maintain order when no one else would?" His comments were met with backlash on social media. Conservative pundit Ann Coulter and retired baseball player Aubrey Huff also praised Rittenhouse. Meanwhile, other coverage has been critical of Rittenhouse's actions and used terms such as "vigilante" and "terrorist" to describe him. Commentators were critical of the fact that Rittenhouse was not immediately arrested despite witnesses shouting that he was the shooter.

Domestic and international media reported that Rittenhouse is a Trump supporter and had attended a Trump rally. President Trump "liked" a tweet that included "Kyle Rittenhouse is a good example of why I decided to vote for Trump." In public comments, Trump refused to condemn the shootings and showed some support for the contention that Rittenhouse was legitimately acting in self-defense.

On August 26, 2020, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) called for the resignations of Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskinis and of Kenosha Sheriff David Beth. The ACLU statement claimed that Sheriff Beth's deputies fraternized with "white supremacist counter-protesters" during the day of the shooting and did not arrest the shooter. The statement attacked Miskinis for blaming the victims in the shooting, when he said that the violence was the result of the “persons” involved violating curfew. The Kenosha mayor stated that he would not ask the sheriff or police chief to resign.

As of September 29, 2020, the Christian crowdfunding website "GiveSendGo" had raised over $520,000 to help pay Rittenhouse's legal fees.

On October 1, 2020, NBC News obtained a Department of Homeland Security internal document directing federal law enforcement officials to make "sympathetic" statements regarding Rittenhouse.

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