Prosecutors file 2 homicide charges, attempted homicide count against 17-year-old accused in Wisconsin protest shooting.
Video taken before the shooting shows police tossing bottled water from an armored vehicle and thanking civilians armed with long guns walking the streets. One of them appears to be the gunman.of Beth and Kenosha Police Chief Dan Miskinis over their handling of Blake’s death and the subsequent protests.Rittenhouse, of Antioch, Illinois, about 15 miles from Kenosha, was taken into custody Wednesday in Illinois.
Kenosha’s streets were calm Thursday following a night of peaceful protests and no widespread unrest for the first time since Blake’s shooting. There were no groups patrolling Kenosha’s streets with long guns Wednesday night and protesters stayed away from a courthouse that had been the site of standoffs with law enforcement.
A sheriff’s department spokesman did not immediately return a message seeking clarity on Beth’s comment. A third man was injured. Gaige Grosskreutz, 26, was volunteering as a medic when he was shot, said Bethany Crevensten who was also among the group of about two dozen activists.Grosskreutz, of West Allis, about 30 miles northwest of Kenosha, is recovering after surgery and is not yet giving interviews, Crevensten said.as he leaned into his SUV, in which three of his children were seated.
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