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Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide and five other charges for the shootings of three people, two of whom died, on Tuesday night in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Rittenhouse was taken into custody Wednesday in Illinois, where he lives in Antioch, southwest of Kenosha, and was awaiting extradition to Wisconsin on Thursday.
The charges were filed Thursday in Kenosha County Court in a complaint that details how Rittenhouse used an AR-15-style rifle to shoot and kill Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and injure Gaige Grosskreutz, 26, shortly before midnight along Sheridan Road, where protesters went after being expelled from Civic Center Park during clashes with law enforcement.
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Under Wisconsin law, Rittenhouse is charged as an adult.
Kenosha was under siege for three days after a video went viral of the shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, by Kenosha police officer Rusten Sheskey.
Rittenhouse was charged with first-degree intentional homicide in connection to the shooting of Huber, the second victim who prosecutors say was shot in the chest while trying to pull Rittenhouse’s gun from him.
In the first shooting, which occurred about 90 seconds earlier, he faces a first-degree reckless homicide charge. Rosenbaum was shot multiple times.
The complaint says Rosenbaum suffered gunshot wounds to the groin, back and hand. He had a graze wound on the right side of his forehead and a superficial wound on his left thigh, the complaint says.
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Law enforcement had earlier said he was shot in the head.
Video captured by eyewitnesses at the scene shows Rosenbaum, who the complaint says was unarmed, chasing Rittenhouse through the car lot. A witness told investigators Rittenhouse shot the man when he grabbed for Rittenhouse’s gun.
After that shooting, Rittenhouse had run north on Sheridan Road, pursued by a handful of people, some shouting, “He shot him.” He tripped and fell to the ground near 61st Street, where eyewitness videos show he shot Huber, fatally, and then Grosskreutz, who is expected to survive.
According to videos, interviews and social media posts, Rittenhouse fancied himself a member of a militia aiming to protect life and property. Rittenhouse is seen in a video with armed men who said they were protecting a car lot in Kenosha.
Rittenhouse also faces two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety and one count of possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18.
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