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Kyle Rittenhouse—the 17-year-old white supremacist who was identified as the suspected shooter who allegedly killed two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin Tuesday evening (Aug. 25)—has been taken into police custody and is facing homicide charges.
According to public records from the Lake County, Illinois Clerk of Courts obtained by the Daily Dot, Rittenhouse was arrested in his hometown of Antioch, Illinois and has been charged with first-degree murder in the Kenosha killings.
The criminal complaint also states that Rittenhouse was labeled a “fugitive of justice” after he “fled the state of Wisconsin with intent to avoid prosecution” for the fatal shooting.
Rittenhouse’s arrested comes after it was reported early Wednesday morning that at least three people had been shot—two fatally—amid the Kenosha protests.
According to a media release from police, two people were killed and one was hurt with “serious, but non-life threatening injuries” following a shooting incident Tuesday evening in the area of 63rd Street and Sheridan Road.
— Kenosha Police Dept. (@KenoshaPolice) August 26, 2020
Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth said early Wednesday that both the suspected shooter and one of the people killed were white.
The shooter has since been identified as 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, who is described as a white supremacist and part of a vigilante militia group, and he was seen with a long gun walking down a street in Kenosha Tuesday night before he opened fire on people protesting the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
I have three ways to identify the Kenosha Shooter who has killed two people
Kyle Rittenhouse/Kyle Lewis pic.twitter.com/GoIZsJmUk3
— Garrison Davis (Teargas Proof) (@hungrybowtie) August 26, 2020
Video footage not only showed Rittenhouse shooting protesters, but it also captured the teen brazenly walking past a swarm of cops, who apparently let him disappear into the night. There was also unverified footage shared on social media purporting to show Rittenhouse “being offered water from the Kenosha police,” who allegedly told him: “We appreciate you being here.”
Watch below (BE WARNED, SOME OF THE FOOTAGE IS VERY GRAPHIC):
This is the Kenosha shooter being offered water from the Kenosha police.
“We appreciate you being here.”
The police is working with the shooting militia. We need to abolish the police. They aren’t helping pic.twitter.com/mdgKuOTuUS
— New York Socialist (@berniebromanny) August 26, 2020
Pray for folks on the streets in Kenosha tonight. #KenoshaProtests #KenoshaRiot
In this video from @BGOnTheScene, protesters chase down a suspected shooter, but he manages to get some shots off. This is graphic. pic.twitter.com/hneaxaB7xV
— Nick Knudsen ?? (@DemWrite) August 26, 2020
Same incident #Kenosha #KenoshaShooting pic.twitter.com/FpeTXSYu7f
— Manipulated Media™ (@thc_media) August 26, 2020
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