A 17-year-old accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is not going to face fees in his dwelling state of Illinois, prosecutors stated Tuesday.
An investigation revealed the gun used within the Kenosha capturing was bought, saved and utilized in Wisconsin, the Lake County State’s Lawyer’s Workplace stated.
There isn’t any proof the gun was ever bodily possessed by Kyle Rittenhouse in Illinois, it stated.
Rittenhouse of Antioch, stays held in a juvenile detention centre in Lake County with out bond resulting from pending felony fees in Kenosha. Rittenhouse is due again in Lake County court docket on Oct. 30 for an extradition listening to.
His arrest has change into a rallying level for some on the fitting, with a authorized defence fund that has attracted thousands and thousands of {dollars} in donations. However others see Rittenhouse as a home terrorist whose presence with a rifle incited the protesters.
Defence attorneys have portrayed Rittenhouse as a brave patriot who was exercising his proper to bear arms throughout unrest over the capturing of Blake, who’s Black.
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