Kyle Rittenhouse looks over to his attorneys as the jury is dismissed for the day during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, U.S., November 18, 2021. Associated Press writers Tammy Webber in Fenton, Michigan, and Todd Richmond in Madison contributed to this story. The case has exposed deep divides among Americans over guns, racial injustice, vigilantism and self-defense in the U.S.įorliti reported from Minneapolis, Bauer from Madison, Wisconsin. Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager accused of killing two people and shooting another during unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last summer has been found not guilty on all charges. Rittenhouse is white, as were those he shot. He shot and killed Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz, now 28. Rittenhouse was a 17-year-old former police youth cadet when he went to Kenosha in what he said was an effort to protect property after rioters set fires and ransacked businesses on previous nights. The defense says he acted in self-defense. Prosecutors say he was a “wannabe soldier” who brought a semi-automatic rifle to a racial justice protest and instigated the bloodshed. Jurors listened to two weeks of dueling portrayals of Rittenhouse. The jury appeared to be overwhelmingly white. The shootings took place during a night of protests over police violence against Black people in the tumultuous summer of 2020. He was charged with homicide, attempted homicide and recklessly endangering safety for killing two men and wounding a third with an AR-style semi-automatic rifle. The 12-person jury began deliberating on. Rittenhouse, 18, could have gotten life in prison if found guilty of the most serious charge against him. After a two-week trial and 26 hours of deliberations over four days, a jury found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty of all charges in the Kenosha shootings. Kyle Rittenhouse used a Smith & Wesson M&P M&P rifle that an older friend gifted him in May 2020 from the Rusk County hardware shop. The jury came back with its verdict after close to 3 1/2 days of deliberation. Kyle Rittenhouse was a Kenosha teenager who was recently found not guilty in Wisconsin of homicide and other charges. WATCH LIVE: Jury deliberations continue in trial of Kyle Rittenhouse for Kenosha shooting – Day 14 (AP) - Kyle Rittenhouse has been acquitted of all charges after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha, Wisconsin, shootings that became a flashpoint in the nation’s debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice.
Witnesses described Rosenbaum as “hyperaggressive” and said that he dared others to shoot him and threatened to kill Rittenhouse earlier that night.KENOSHA, Wis. Kyle Rittenhouse Found NOT GUILTY on All Counts, Collapses in Court. Kyle Rittenhouse, NOT GUILTY The Dennis Prager Show. Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty of first-degree intentional homicide and four other charges on Friday in connection to the fatal shooting of two people and wounding of another during last. EMOTIONAL Kyle Rittenhouse Found NOT GUILTY On All Counts.
Huber was killed after hitting Rittenhouse in the head or neck with a skateboard, and Grosskreutz was shot after pointing a gun at Rittenhouse. Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty on all charges in homicide case. Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother, Wendy Rittenhouse, reacts with relief as her son is found not guilty on Friday. He alleged that Mr Rosenbaum had lunged for his weapon and said he “didn’t intend” to kill and had “intended to stop the people who were attacking me”. Rittenhouse, now 18, shook as he waited for the verdicts to be read and, after he had been acquitted on all counts, he rushed from the room then later returned and was calmed and offered water by his lawyers as he sobbed and gulped for air. Rittenhouse broke down in tears as he told jurors he opened fire after Rosenbaum chased him and made a grab for his gun, adding “he was afraid his rifle was going to be wrested away and used to kill him”. Rittenhouse’s lawyer, Mark Richards, said earlier in the trial the teenager acted in self-defence after being ambushed by a “crazy person” who he feared would take away his gun and use it to kill him. Prosecutors described Rittenhouse as a “wannabe soldier” who had gone looking for trouble and claimed he was responsible for creating a dangerous situation by pointing his rifle at demonstrators. The teenager, who also shot Gaige Grosskreutz who survived, claimed he travelled to Kenosha to help protect property from unrest and acted in self defence after he was attacked by the men. A jury found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty of homicide and other charges Friday a story that has played out as both a legal drama and a political flashpoint.
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