Who is Kyle Rittenhouse? Kenosha teen arrested for shooting Jacob Blake protesters in Wisconsin
KYLE Rittenhouse, 17, the teen who allegedly shot protesters marching for Jacob Blake, is reportedly affiliated with police, according to social media posts.
Photos of Rittenhouse surfaced on Twitter as he was seen walking the streets of Wisconsin with an AR-15 weapon.
Here is more on Kyle Rittenhouse and what we know.
Who is Kyle Rittenhouse?
Kyle Rittenhouse is believed to be the suspect who allegedly shot at protesters who had taken the streets to march against the shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin.
Who did he allegedly shoot?
Protesters were gathered in Kenosha, Wisconsin for the third night of protests when an “unidentified young white man” was caught on video spraying rounds of bullets at point-blank range in the middle of the street.
Twitter users began pointing fingers at Rittenhouse, who they say has a type of affiliation with Kenosha Police and was part of a “police explorer” program.
Photos of Rittenhouse have surfaced on Twitter of him holding an AR-15 gun which people believe may have been what was used to harm the demonstrators.
The shooting killed two people and hurt at least one other.
There are also pictures surfacing of Rittenhouse holding weapons and bragging about the “non-lethal” weapons he owns.
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Has he been arrested?
He has been arrested by police for first-degree murder after allegedly fatally shooting two Wisconsin protesters on Tuesday evening.
He was charged in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and labelled as a “fugitive of justice”, according to Lake County, Illinois Clerk of Courts public records.
He faces charges of “first degree intentional homicide”.
Police made the arrest on Wednesday after the suspect allegedly fled Wisconsin for his home state following the shooting.
“(He) fled the state of Wisconsin with the intent to avoid prosecution for that offense”.
What happened to Jacob Blake?
Jacob “Jake” Blake, 29, is paralyzed from the waist down and it will “take a miracle for him to walk again” after he was shot by Kenosha police in Wisconsin.
On Sunday evening, shocking footage emerged showing Blake being gunned down by police.
He was supposed to be celebrating his son’s eighth birthday, reported the Chicago Sun Times.
Instead, the father-of-six was shot at least seven times in the back in front of his three sons, who were sitting in an SUV as he tried to enter the vehicle.
What is Blue Lives Matter?
Blue Lives Matter is a countermovement that emerged after Black Lives Matter activists began protesting systemic racism and police brutality.
Cops have recently come under fire after the deaths of a number of black men in police custody.