In Kenosha, Wisconsin, during the summer unrest, Illinois teen Kyle Rittenhouse, accused of firing on two protesters, has been released from Kenosha County Jail after his bond was released Friday, officials have confirmed.
The Rittenhouse bond was posted Friday at 2 p.m., according to the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office Fees.
A spokesman for the sheriff’s office said in a statement that he was no longer in custody at the Kenosha County Jail.
Kenosha County prosecutors have charged Rottenhouse, Antioch, Illinois, with fatal shootings of Joseph Rosenb and M and Anthony Huber during a protest in Ill Gust. They also accuse him of injuring a third man, Gage Grosscruz.
Wrighthouse faces a number of counts, including intentional homicide and illegal possession of a gun. His lawyers argue he was working in self-defense. The case has been a major issue for anti-apartheid activists this year, who are angry over the destruction of property during protests across the country.
The morning after the shooting, Rittenhouse turned himself in to police. He was later extradited to Wisconsin and was released on $ 20 million bail.
Rittenhouse spoke in public on his first visit since his arrest earlier this week.
In a phone interview with the Washington Washington Post, Rittenhouse revealed that the gun he used in the shooting was purchased using money he received in an unemployment check during the coronavirus epidemic. Rittenhouse, 17, could not legally purchase the weapon, so he gave the money to a friend to buy it for him, according to both Rittenhouse and police reports.
“I got my $ 1,200 from Coronavirus Illinois Unemployment because I was on furlough from YMCA, and got my first unemployment check so I was like,‘ Oh, I’ll use it to buy, ’he told the Post.
Prosecutors have charged a Wisconsin man with supplying a gun.
In his interview, Rittenhaus said he did not regret having a gun that night, saying, “I had to defend myself.”
“If I hadn’t, I would have died that night,” he said.
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