KENOSHA, Wis.
25, 2020 shootings, have argued that he shot and killed Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and shot and injured Gaige Grosskreutz, now 28, in self-defense.
“You don’t just immediately get to shoot someone …
“The only imminent threat that night was Mr. Rittenhouse.
“You will disregard the claims or opinions of any other person or news media or social networking site.
“There was no threatening behavior that started this,” Richards said.
“Mr. Rosenbaum was shot because he was chasing my client, because he was going to kill him, take his gun and carry out the threats he made,” Richards said.
He argued that Grosskreutz should have retreated when he encountered Rittenhouse, who testified that he was on his way to turn himself in to police at the time of the confrontation.
“Instead, he joins the mob chasing Kyle, arms himself and runs in,” Richards said.
“You see another individual going in the hood of the car.
15: Prosecutor Thomas Binger concluded his closing arguments Monday afternoon, telling jurors that the crowd that confronted Rittenhouse after he shot and killed Rosenbaum on Aug.
During his closing statements, Binger showed video of Rittenhouse shooting and killing Huber, who had twice hit him with a skateboard, and shooting and injuring Grosskreutz.
“You cannot hide behind self-defense if you provoked the incident,” Binger said.
Binger argued that Grosskreutz never willingly pointed his gun at Rittenhouse.
Prosecutor Thomas Binger asked jurors to consider what motivated Rittenhouse to be on the streets of Kenosha on the night of the deadly shootings.
The prosecutor said he planned to first focus on the deadly shootings on the night of Aug.
Original report: Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Bruce Schroeder on Monday morning instructed the jury about the charges to consider against Rittenhouse, a process expected to take at least 45 minutes, according to the Chicago Tribune.
On Monday, Schroeder dismissed a charge of possession of a dangerous weapon against Rittenhouse.
Rittenhouse, a former police explorer and firefighter emergency medical technician cadet, last week testified that he traveled from his nearby home in Illinois to Kenosha, where he has family and friends, in August 2020.
He said he shot Rosenbaum after hearing the older man make threatening comments which he thought were directed at him earlier in the night.
He said he shot and killed Huber after the 26-year-old struck him twice with a skateboard as he was surrounded by a rowdy crowd following his shooting of Rosenbaum.
He testified that he also shot at another man, who has not been identified, after the man jumped at him and kicked him in the face.
1, included testimony from about 30 witnesses over eight days and featured more than a dozen videos from the night of the shootings, according to the Journal Sentinel.
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