Shooting survivor told jurors he had a pistol in his hand during the confrontation and noted that his arms were raised in surrender when Kyle Rittenhouse opened fire for a third time that night, shooting him in the bicep.
on Monday, choking back tears as he described thinking “that I was going to die,” seconds before the teenager shot him in the arm following protests over racial injustice in Kenosha, Wis., last summer.
Rittenhouse, now 18, is currently on trial for injuring Grosskreutz and killing two other men, Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, during a night of civil unrest in Kenosha following the shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, by a white police officer in August 2020. He faces five felony counts, including first-degree intentional homicide and first-degree reckless homicide, as well as a misdemeanor charge for possession of a dangerous weapon under the age of 18.
In addition to his medical supplies and a hat that read “paramedic,” Grosskreutz said he also usually carried a gun.On the night of Aug. 25, Grosskreutz said he arrived in Kenosha carrying a Glock pistol holstered in the small of his back. He said he was not aware until later that his concealed-carry permit had expired.
By this point, Grosskreutz had pulled his pistol from the holster but he insisted, “I didn’t draw my firearm with express intent of using it,” though he said he was prepared to shoot if necessary. “That’s not why, up to that point, I’d spent my time, my money and education caring for people,” Grosskreutz said, his eyes filling with tears, when asked why he didn’t shoot Rittenhouse himself. “That’s not who I am and definitely not somebody i would want to become. In that moment, I tried to attempt a non-lethal way to end that interaction.”The prosecution displayed graphic images of Grosskreutz's bloody arm immediately after the shooting.
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