Judge Denies Motion To Drop 2 Charges Against Rittenhouse



KENOSHA COUNTY, WI — A Wisconsin judge found probable cause Thursday that Kyle Rittenhouse likely committed several felonies related to the August fatal shootings that left two dead amid protests in the streets of Kenosha.

During the preliminary hearing, Kenosha County Judge Loren Keating ruled there was sufficient evidence to bind the case over for trial. Appearing with a mask on in the office of his lawyer, Mark Richards, Rittenhouse, 17, remained silent throughout the hearing, which was held over Zoom.

The most serious charges that could be considered at trial, first-degree intentional homicide and first-degree reckless homicide, relate to the fatal shootings of Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, of Kenosha, and Anthony Huber, 26, of Silver Lake, Wisconsin. He also faces an attempted first-degree intentional homicide charge for allegations he shot and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz, 26, of West Allis, Wisconsin.