IN PHOTOS: Kyle Rittenhouse
Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha
Kyle Rittenhouse, left, walks along Sheridan Road with another armed civilian on Aug. 25. Rittenhouse, a then 17-year-old from Illinois, is on trial for shooting three people, killing two of them. Online coverage of events of that evening sparked a response from the Kenosha Police Department.
Kyle Rittenhouse - Antioch Police Department
This undated booking photo from the Antioch, Ill., Police Department shows Kyle Rittenhouse.
Kyle Rittenhouse - Extradition Hearing
Kyle Rittenhouse sits while listening during an extradition hearing in Lake County court Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Waukegan, Ill. Rittenhouse is accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wis.
Kyle Rittenhouse - Extradition Hearing
Kyle Rittenhouse, left, looks at as he listens to defense attorney John Pierce during an extradition hearing in Lake County court on Oct. 30, 2020, in Waukegan, Ill.
Kyle Rittenhouse - Extradition Hearing
Kyle Rittenhouse's mother Wendy Rittenhouse stands up after an extradition hearing in Lake County court Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Waukegan, Ill.
Kyle Rittenhouse - Extradition Hearing
Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother Wendy Rittenhouse attends an extradition hearing for her son in Lake County court Oct. 30, 2020, in Waukegan, Ill.
Kyle Rittenhouse - Extradition Hearing
Kyle Rittenhouse appears for an extradition hearing in Lake County court Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Waukegan, Ill.
Kyle Rittenhouse - Extradition Hearing
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Kyle Rittenhouse - Dec. 3 hearing
Kyle Rittenhouse left, sits in the Racine office of attorney Mark Richards, during Rittenhouse’s preliminary hearing on Dec. 3, 2020, held virtually online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rittenhouse at Mount Pleasant bar
Kyle Rittenhouse is shown during a Jan. 5, 2021, visit to Pudgy’s bar in Mount Pleasant.
Kyle Rittenhouse hearing Feb. 11
Kyle Rittenhouse, top center, appears with his attorney Mark Richards during his bond revocation hearing Thursday in Kenosha County Circuit Court.
A Kenosha County Circuit Court judge Thursday denied prosecutors' motions to increase the bond for Kyle Rittenhouse.
Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois teen accused of killing two people and wounding a third during unrest in Kenosha, is now scheduled to go to trial in November, with attorneys asking for additional time to prepare.
Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old from Illinois accused of killing two people and wounding a third during unrest in Kenosha, is scheduled to make his first in-person appearance in a Kenosha County courtroom Friday.
Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois 18-year-old accused of killing two people during unrest in Kenosha in August, made his first in-person court appearance Friday.
Prosecutors are seeking to introduce evidence at trial that Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois 18-year-old charged with killing two people during street protests in Kenosha last summer, is associated with the Proud Boys.
Kyle Rittenhouse's attorney wants a judge to allow him to argue that one of the men his client fatally shot during a Kenosha protest was a sex offender.
"This is not a political trial," Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Bruce Schroeder told the attorneys. "This is not going to be a political trial."
A judge is expected Tuesday to consider remaining motions in Kyle Rittenhouse's case, setting the final ground rules before a trial begins next month.
An expert that Kyle Rittenhouse's defense hopes to call testified Tuesday that he believes the Illinois teenager’s shooting of three people meets the statutory definition of self defense.
Here's a look at the legal issues in the Kyle Rittenhouse case.
Mention the name Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha, and you're likely to get varying views on the trial that begins Monday.
A headline in the satirical newspaper The Onion — “Judge Mandates Prosecutors Only Refer to Kyle Rittenhouse as Hero” — captured the flavor of the online outcry over recent judicial rulings in the case.
