A 17-year-old male was arrested in Illinois on Wednesday for a deadly shooting that took place in Wisconsin.
The teenager, a resident of Antioch, was taken into custody on a charge of first-degree homicide, the Antioch Police Department said.
Officials are working on extraditing him to Wisconsin to face the charge.
“Our Village of Antioch is deeply saddened by all loss of life. Our hearts and prayers extend to the friends and family who lost a loved one,” said Antioch Mayor Lawrence Hanson in a statement.
The people involved in the shooting were part of groups taking part in “illegal activity” after the start of the nightly curfew,” Kenosha Police Chief Dan Miskinis told reporters at a press conference.
“The result of it was: two people are dead,” he added. “This is not a police action. This is not the action of those, I believe, who set out to do protests.”
He said he didn’t know what led to the disturbance, and whether both deaths were related to the same person.
The name of the alleged shooter was not released. The deceased weren’t identified apart from being described as a 26-year-old Silver Lake resident and a 36-year-old Kenosha resident.
Information from the Lake County Circuit Court showed the shooting suspect is Kyle Rittenhouse. He has a court date on Aug. 28 on the extradition status…
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