On the evening of August 26, 2020 at 11:49 PM CT shots were fired during a third night of rioting in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Two rioters were killed with a third rioter being severely wounded. All three rioters appear to have been actively engaged in the violence witnessed on the streets in Kenosha.
Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26 were killed. Gaige Grosskreutz, 26, was severely wounded. Andy Ngo has details of all three rioters which you can read about HERE.
Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year old from Antioch, Illinois (13 miles from Kenosha) has been charged with multiple counts of homicide and attempted homicide. He is being held at a juvenile facility in Illinois. His extradition hearing to Wisconsin, which was held Friday morning, has been granted a 30-day delay. His hearing is scheduled on September 25.
The following does not detail Rittenhouse’s movements nor the three rioters movements prior to the shootings. It introduces you to Rittenhouse, a second-by-second break down using a video sync of the first shooting, a second-by-second breakdown using a second video of the second and third shootings as Rittenhouse, who was sitting on the pavement after tripping and falling to the ground, was forced to take a defensive position. The New York Times did a more generalized thread which you may be interested in viewing which is available HERE to review.
PLEASE NOTE ALL MATERIAL BELOW IS GRAPHIC.
Also note it was 11:49 pm CT when aide got to the first rioter who was shot, which was mere seconds after the altercation.
We begin with a 19-second video The Daily Caller’s Richie McGinnis shot of Rittenhouse minutes before the initial gunfire:
I interviewed the alleged shooter before the violence started.
Full video coming soon: pic.twitter.com/G3dVOJozN7
— Richie🎥McG🍿 (@RichieMcGinniss) August 26, 2020
As you can see in the above interview Rittenhouse is wearing a light colored baseball cap backwards, a green short-sleeved t-shirt, a strapped on Med Kit with orange or red panels and light purple or light blue gloves.
At the beginning of this next video sync, split screen, you will see someone being chased by another. Due to the clothing, light baseball cap, Medic bag with orange or red panels, one quickly learns it is Rittenhouse who is being chased.
WATCH: A video sync of the Kyle Rittenhouse shooting in Kenosha, WI with multiple camera angles and object highlights. pic.twitter.com/61XMCdHcmK
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 26, 2020
At three-seconds into the video you see the rioter chasing Rittenhouse hurl an object at him.
At six-seconds into the video a single shot is fired.
Rittenhouse still running dashes between two parked vehicles at the corner in the front of the building.
The rioter is still giving chase.
At eight-seconds in you can hear someone yell ‘Fuck you.’
The rioter lunges at Rittenhouse.
At nine-seconds you here 4-shots fired.
There is a pause.
At 12-seconds you hear three-shots fired.
Rittenhouse is seen circling a couple of parked vehicles and returns to the rioter who is laying on the ground.
McGinnis, who remained nearby rushes over to give aid to the wounded rioter. Rittenhouse is there too.
At 26-seconds you can see Rittenhouse making a phone call. Others come to give aid to the rioter.
At 38-seconds Rittenhouse hustles out of there.
SHERIDAN STREET – RITTENHOUSE IS BEING CHASED BY DOZENS OF RIOTERS
In this next video you see Rittenhouse, white cap, green t-shirt, medic bag running in the middle of a street known as Sheridan. Rioters give chase yelling ‘get that dude’…’get his ass’.
(Warning, Graphic/Violent)
A crowd chases a suspected shooter down in Kenosha. He trips and falls, then turns with the gun and fires several times. Shots can be heard fired elsewhere as well, corroborating reports of multiple shooters tonight #Kenosha #KenoshaRiots pic.twitter.com/qqsYWmngFW— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) August 26, 2020
At 11-seconds Rittenhouse trips and stumbles to the ground. He’s now in the middle of the street with several rioters descending upon him. He’s trapped. While sitting on the pavement he pivots to face the rioters.
At 14-seconds a rioter, a large man, charges toward Rittenhouse, who gets off a shot just as the rioter jumps in the air, takes his right leg and appears to aim it towards Rittenhouse’s arm/gun.
Rittenhouse gets off a second shot. The first rioter falls to the ground, gets up and limps away.
It looks like he may have been shot in the leg. No reports of a fourth rioter being shot has been reported to date.
As the first rioter is falling to the ground, a second rioter charges Rittenhouse at 15-seconds into the video.
The second rioter takes his weapon, the edge of his skateboard, and appears to jam it between Rittenhouse’s neck and collar bone area.
Rittenhouse flat on his back and the second rioter’s hands on his rifle shoots the second rioter in the chest/stomach area. The second rioter falls to the ground.
At 18-seconds a third rioter comes at him who has a hand gun. This third rioter moved to Rittenhouse’s left side when Rittenhouse fired a shot hitting him in the upper part of his right arm. Rioter three scampered away yelling ‘MEDIC, MEDIC, MEDIC.’
At 22-seconds Rittenhouse pulls himself up and off the now empty street.
Walking backward facing the direction of the rioters, Rittenhouse at 27-seconds appears to fire off several rounds towards a parking lot/grassy area. His gun does not appear to be aimed at anyone.
At 34-seconds he pivots and heads directly toward the police who were staging at the end of the block. His hands are in the air. He reaches the side of a police car and cut. That’s a wrap.
MY THOUGHTS. MY OPINIONS.
Kyle Rittenhouse is a 17-year old young man. 17.
This young man in every video I reviewed wore his rifle openly. He was chased in the first shooting by a rioter who clearly meant him harm. He shot him in self-defense. He fled the scene after making a phone call. Did he call the police? Did he call the leader of the team who was hired to protect property in Kenosha? We’ll learn that when the facts begin to unfold.
As he was fleeing, rioters, not one, not two but dozens were chasing him down Sheridan Street. In a moment of vulnerability, he fell and was instantly face-to-face with a rioters full-weight bearing down on his arm. He shot the man clearly out of self-defense.
Instantly after fending off the first rioter, a second rioter used his skateboard as a weapon by taking the edge and jamming it into the crevice of his collar-bone and his neck. The second rioter went for his gun. Clearly this rioter was skilled. He meant harm. Defending himself, Rittenhouse shot him.
The third rioter clearly had a weapon drawn. He maneuvered to the left of Rittenhouse while he lay on the pavement. Extremely vulnerable. Rittenhouse obviously felt threatened and may have seen the gun. He shot him in self-defense.
Review the timeline again of the Sheridan shootings. Rittenhouse while in an extremely vulnerable situation and within a mere 8 seconds protected his life by fending off three grown men all of which intended to harm him.
Rittenhouse did not attack one of these four rioters. He was chased by all four of them. All four intended him harm.
He hurt no one else. He only harmed the four who clearly meant him harm. He clearly was not some loose cannon randomly shooting at people. Whoever is responsible for training this young man in firearm management should be applauded. Moreover, Kyle Rittenhouse too should be applauded. He listened and took his firearm instruction seriously.
Who the hell is this kid?