BREAKING: 17-year-old who allegedly shot and killed Kenosha rioters now in custody
Rittenhouse has been assigned a public defender and will make his first court appearance Friday.
Rittenhouse has been assigned a public defender and will make his first court appearance Friday.

The 17-year-old who allegedly shot rioters in Kenosha, Wisconsin is in custody.
Cell phone shows Kyle Rittenhouse of Antioch, Illinois, shooting several men, killing two of them. He is currently being held in a juvenile facility in Illinois. The official complaint has not yet been released, though Rittenhouse could face first-degree intentional homicide charges, according to ABC30.
The incident in question shows an armed Rittenhouse being chased by rioters before falling to the ground. Rittenhouse then readies for fire before being charged at, to which he discharged his weapon.
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View on XThe Blaze's Elijah Shaffer spoke with the suspect prior to the incident in a brief interview, in which Rittenhouse identified himself as an EMT who was protecting citizens and protecting private property.
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View on XSheriff David Beth said that of the three people who were shot, one was shot fatally in the head, another fatally in the chest. The third person shot experienced non life-threatening injuries.
Beth told the Journal Sentinel that armed "militias" had been patrolling the city since police shot Jacob Blake days ago.
"They're like a vigilante group," said Beth.
Rittenhouse has been assigned a public defender and will make his first court appearance Friday.
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