"He was always really friendly," Kramer said. Tim Kramer, 26, said he had known Huber since they were students at Lincoln Middle School in Kenosha. Always had a smile on his face," said Max Seebeck, who grew up skateboarding with Huber in Kenosha. RITTENHOUSE TRIAL JUDGE: Letters of support, criticism pour in for judge Bruce Schroeder Anthony Huber, 26, of Silver Lakeįriends described Huber as a happy and laid-back guy who loved to skateboard. RITTENHOUSE REACTION: 'Absolutely no words': Viola Davis, Josh Gad, more celebs react to Kyle Rittenhouse verdict LIVE UPDATES: Live coverage from the courthouse on Friday following the verdict in the Rittenhouse trial RITTENHOUSE VERDICT: Kyle Rittenhouse collapses as jury finds him not guilty of all charges in shootings during police protest: what we know Jurors spent four days and more than 24 hours weighing whether Rittenhouse acted in self-defense or was looking for a fight on the night of Aug. He was charged with first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree reckless homicide and attempted first-degree intentional homicide. Rittenhouse, who was 17 years old at the time of the shootings, described himself as a militia member from Illinois. Rittenhouse was accused of killing two Kenosha County men and shooting another Wisconsin man in August 2020 amid civil unrest over the shooting of Jacob Blake. Rittenhouse appeared in several videos alongside those groups.īefore the shooting, the conservative website The Daily Caller conducted a video interview with Rittenhouse in front of a boarded-up business.Jurors in the the Kyle Rittenhouse trial reached a verdict Friday, finding the 18-year-old not guilty of all the charges against him. Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth said people believed to be in a "militia" or "vigilante group" had been patrolling the streets at night. 25, 2020, as the city was in the throes of damaging protests that followed a white police officer's shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, after a call to a domestic disturbance.īystander video captured the critical minutes when Rittenhouse, with a Smith and Wesson AR-style semiautomatic rifle, shot and killed Rosenbaum and Huber and wounded Grosskreutz. Rittenhouse, 17 at the time, traveled the few miles from his home across the state border to Kenosha on Aug. When asked what was going through his mind as he neared Rittenhouse, the 27-year-old testified, “That I was going to die.” (WARNING: The following video contains graphic content and. When asked what was going through his mind as he neared Rittenhouse, 27-year-old Gaige Grosskreutz testified, “That I was going to die.” Grosskreutz took the stand Monday. On the stand, Grosskreutz said he confronted a rifle-toting Rittenhouse with a gun of his own to try to stop the bloodshed.Ī witness at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial says he confronted a rifle-toting Rittenhouse with a gun of his own to try to stop the bloodshed. He was also armed with a pistol and had it in his hand when he approached Rittenhouse, who shot him in the arm. With training as a paramedic, Grosskreutz had carried medical supplies and was doing so the night of the Kenosha shootings. Grosskreutz previously said he attended several protests following Floyd’s May 2020 death. Huber served a pair of prison stints stemming from family conflict, including choking his brother in 2012.Ī great-aunt, Susan Hughes, said Huber was involved in protests because he was “very upset” that a police officer had shot Blake, who was left paralyzed from the waist down. He was known around Kenosha’s skateboarding community, and his girlfriend, Hannah Gittings, said skateboarding was his life. Huber is seen on video swinging a skateboard at Rittenhouse before he was shot. The judge denied a defense request to argue that Rosenbaum was trying to get Rittenhouse’s rifle because, as a convicted sex offender, Rosenbaum couldn’t legally get one on his own. His background includes a conviction for sexual conduct with a minor in Arizona in 2002. It’s not clear why he was on Kenosha’s streets the night of the protests, though he had a fiancé who lived in the city. Rosenbaum, 36, was released the day of the shootings from a Milwaukee hospital where he had been treated for a suicide attempt. Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, a protester from West Allis, was wounded. The two people killed were identified as 36-year-old Joseph Rosenbaum, of Kenosha, and 26-year-old Anthony Huber, of Silver Lake, Wisconsin. Sign up for the weekly Chicago Catch-Up newsletter here. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know.
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