Prosecutors in the murder trial of U.S. teenager Kyle Rittenhouse told the court on Tuesday they had finished calling witnesses after five days of testimony in the high-profile self-defense case that has divided the country.
Rittenhouse, 18, is charged in the killing of Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and wounding of Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, on Aug. 25, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during protests over a police shooting and wounding of a Black man.
Rittenhouse has emerged as a hero to some conservatives who believe in unfettered gun rights and see the shootings as justified during the chaos in Kenosha, while many on the left see him as a symbol of a gun culture run amok. He testified that he spoke with a distressed Rittenhouse after the teen had shot one of the three men. Smith said Rittenhouse told him he had just shot someone and that he "had to" do it.
Mark Richards, an attorney for Rittenhouse, highlighted Kelley's assertion that soot residue on Rosenbaum's hands suggested the two were close and Rosenbaum could have touched the barrel.
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