Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old Illinois resident, is accused of shooting three people with a semiautomatic rifle.
A 17-year-old white teen from Illinois has been identified as the suspect in shootings that left two people dead and another injured during Tuesday evening's unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
"Last night, in a situation that began peaceful and turned somewhat unruly ... persons who were out after the curfew became engaged in some type of disturbance and persons were shot," Police Chief Daniel Miskinis said."Had persons not been out involved in violation of that, perhaps the situation that unfolded would not have happened."Evenings in the small city of Kenosha have been chaotic since the police shooting of Jacob Blake on Sunday.
Story continuesIn one graphic video from the scene, a gunman thought to be Rittenhouse is shown running through a crowd of people in a street. One person appears to yell"That guy shot someone." He trips and falls and, as several people move close to him, he's seen opening fire.Directly following the shooting, a group of police vehicles advances on the crowd. The gunman walks toward them and can be seen alternately putting his hands up and touching his gun.
Rittenhouse had idolized the police and had participated in programs aimed toward youth who aspire to work in law enforcement. Kenosha County Sheriff Dan Beth said Wednesday that the violence was an example of why he didn't want to encourage civilians to take up arms on behalf of law enforcement.
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