Kenosha Shooter Kyle Rittenhouse Charged with 5 Felonies

The 17-year-old arrested in the fatal shooting of 2 Jacob Blake protesters in Kenosha allegedly took aim at and killed an unarmed man … according to the Kenosha County District Attorney.

The criminal complaint against Kyle Rittenhouse was released Thursday, and it says the first person the Illinois teenager allegedly shot, Joseph Rosenbaum, “appeared to be unarmed for the duration of video” reviewed by investigators.

Prosecutors say Rosenbaum appeared to throw an object at Rittenhouse before the fatal shooting, and a second video apparently shows the object in question was nothing more than a plastic bag.

The complaint also says Rosenbaum leaned in toward Rittenhouse — apparently trying to reach for his gun according to a witness — and then fell to the ground after 4 loud bangs. Then Rittenhouse got on his cellphone to make a call, and prosecutors say he was overheard saying, “I just killed somebody” as he ran away.

The Medical Examiner says Rosenbaum had 3 gunshot wounds and the bullets fractured his pelvis and pierced his right lung and liver.

Rittenhouse is also charged with killing Anthony Huber, according to the complaint, which says several videos show Huber with a skateboard. Prosecutors say when Huber approached Rittenhouse, who was lying on his back, Huber appeared to reach for Rittenhouse’s gun and Rittenhouse fires a round, sending Huber staggering away before collapsing to the ground and dying from a gunshot wound.

Prosecutors charged Rittenhouse with 5 felonies — one count of first-degree intentional homicide (Huber), one count of first-degree reckless homicide (Rosenbaum), 2 counts of first-degree reckless endangerment and one count of attempted first-degree intentional homicide.

That last count was for allegedly shooting Gaige Grosskreutz who prosecutors say appeared to be armed, and suffered one non-lethal gunshot wound.