17YO Teen Charged in Deadly Shooting of Two Kenosha Protesters

What Happened:

• 17 year old Kyle Rittenhouse was taken into custody and has been charged in the shooting death of two Kenosha Protesters late Tuesday. The charge is 1st degree intentional homicide.

• The shooting occurred during the third night of protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin in the wake of Jacob Blake's shooting by police on Sunday.

• Jacob Blake, an unarmed black man, was shot seven times in the back by a police officer on Sunday when he tried to enter his SUV. Blake’s 3 children were in the car when he was shot.

• Blake is still in the hospital and is currently paralyzed from the waist down.

• The US Justice Dept. and FBI agents are reviewing the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

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