'Out of the hundreds of people that came to Kenosha during that week...the evidence will show that the only person who killed anyone was the defendant, Kyle Rittenhouse,' a prosecutor told the jury multiple times.
The jury heard two different cases for how the shooting of three people in Kenosha, Wisconsin, happened.A jury heard two wildly different scenarios of how two men were killed and another was wounded allegedly by teenagerIn opening statements presented Tuesday morning to the Kenosha County Circuit Court panel, a prosecutor saidwill show Rittenhouse, 18, was an"active shooter" whose reckless behavior led to the deadly incident.
Rittenhouse, who was then 17, answered the call to help, his attorney, Mark Richards, told the jury. Richards used a series of photos and videos in his statement appearing to show Rittenhouse being kicked, hit in the head with a skateboard and having a gun aimed near his head when he shot and killed one man, Anthony Huber, 26, and severely wounded another, Gaige Grosskreutz, 27.
"Based on all of that evidence, I think you will agree with me that the defendant is guilty of all of these charges," Binger told the 11 women and nine men of the jury.Richards, who gave his statement after Binger, blamed Rosenbaum for escalating the violence that led to his death as well as the killing of Huber and the wounding of Grosskreutz, who is expected to testify at the high-profile trial.
Richards displayed photos and video that he said show Rittenhouse using restraint from shooting people approaching him with their hands up, including Grosskreutz when he initially approached Rittenhouse after he had been knocked to the ground and kicked. He claimed Rittenhouse only shot Grosskreutz when the man aimed a gun near his head.
"Did you feel that by these people throwing rocks at you or throwing a gas bomb at you that you were in danger?" Binger asked."So, you felt like it wasn't enough to use deadly force?" Binger asked.
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