Kyle Rittenhouse | Judge Approved Destruction of AR-15 Rifle Used In Kenosha Killings
Kyle Rittenhouse | Judge Approved Destruction of AR-15 Rifle Used In Kenosha Killings
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Kyle Rittenhouse | A Wisconsin judge has approved an agreement to destroy the assault-style rifle used by Kyle Rittenhouse to shoot three people in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during a 2020 protest. A jury last year acquitted him of all charges, including homicide.
Assistant District Attorney Thomias Binger said the state crime lab would destroy the gun, probably in April. Judge Bruce Schroeder, the Kenosha County judge who presided over Rittenhouse’s trial, approved the agreement.
Rittenhouse’s attorney had filed a motion asking prosecutors to return Rittenhouse’s rifle, his ammunition, his face mask and other clothing he was wearing the night of the shooting to him.
A spokesman for Rittenhouse said last week that Rittenhouse, who is now 19, wanted to destroy the rifle so nothing can be used as a political symbol or trophy celebrating the shootings.
Rittenhouse shot three men during the protest in Kenosha in 2020. He killed Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz in the arm. Rittenhouse argued he fired in self-defense after each of the men attacked him. A jury last year acquitted him of multiple charges, including homicide.
Rittenhouse’s attorney, Mark Richards, filed a motion Jan. 19 asking prosecutors to return Rittenhouse’s rifle, his ammunition, his face mask and other clothing he was wearing the night of the shooting to him.
Richards and David Hancock, a spokesman for Rittenhouse, said last week that Rittenhouse, who is now 19, wants to destroy the rifle and throw the rest of the items away so nothing can be used as a political symbol or trophy celebrating the shootings.
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