UPDATE: On August 26th The Associated Press is reporting that 17 year old Kyle Rittenhouse has been taken into custody on murder charges. Rittenhouse is being held in a juvenile detention facility with a public defender assigned to him for charges related to the shooting that killed 2 people and injured 1 other.
Monday night in Kenosha, Wisconsin, riots consumed the city in its most violent night yet. Businesses and car dealerships were set ablaze.
On Tuesday night, it a resistance to rioting began, and people turned out with firearms to protect businesses.
KENOSHA: police scanners are reporting the presence of “anti-rioter” groups (militias) w/ long rifles approaching uptown region
— ELIJAH RIOT (@ElijahSchaffer) August 26, 2020
One man was shot in the head in an incident Tuesday evening. Drew Hernandez (@livesmattershow) who captured the footage has stated that he believes the man shot was a rioter.
It appears an armed citizen was defending the car dealership and opened fire on the rioter who was attempting to vandalize or burn the dealership down
Before this shooting took place, the rioters were planning to burn down their “next car dealership”
— Drew Hernandez (@livesmattershow) August 26, 2020
Warning: Below video from Hernandez shared by Andy Ngo is extremely graphic.
Extremely graphic: Someone at the #KenoshaRiots was just shot in the head. @livesmattershow was there to record it. pic.twitter.com/dH1t5M4AIK
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) August 26, 2020
TheBlaze Journalist Elijah Schaffer interviewed a witness who indicates that the shooter was from the militia group.
Official witness making a statement to officers that it was the boogaloo boy militia protecting a business that was being destroyed
A second witness told me the same account off camera
That is what I thought I saw too but I had to confirm. Details can still change pic.twitter.com/3CnPtODX5o
— ELIJAH RIOT (@ElijahSchaffer) August 26, 2020
The man who was shot has reportedly died from his injuries.
People apparently tried to locate the shooter, and got shot.
(Warning, Graphic/Violent)
A crowd chases a suspected shooter down in Kenosha. He trips and falls, then turns with the gun and fires several times. Shots can be heard fired elsewhere as well, corroborating reports of multiple shooters tonight #Kenosha #KenoshaRiots pic.twitter.com/qqsYWmngFW— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) August 26, 2020
BREAKING: as the shooter fled the scene to surrender to the police
BLM rioters attacked him, he then fired back over what appears to be a scuffle to get control of his weapon
Details are still unclear. I was up front on the initial shooting only
pic.twitter.com/tB7O2JKUUn— ELIJAH RIOT (@ElijahSchaffer) August 26, 2020
But apparently some folks are fed up with rioting, which has resulted in men with guns standing in front of businesses and perched on rooftops to protect their property. Watch some of the video clips below obtained on Twitter:
Kenosha pic.twitter.com/aQsep7gi1R
— special agent viti (@selfdeclaredref) August 26, 2020
NOT TODAY ANTIFA: Citizens of #Kenosha are fighting back and trying to stop criminal arson pic.twitter.com/eVpsc8yAog
— Drew Hernandez (@livesmattershow) August 26, 2020
Militia and crowd getting into some confrontations #Kenosha pic.twitter.com/dQkAZ618af
— Kitty Shackleford (@KittyLists) August 26, 2020
The #KenoshaGuard militia is working to prevent the Burn, Loot, & Murder movement from doing more damage to their city. pic.twitter.com/h6JfDFjWr6
— Mark Dice (@MarkDice) August 26, 2020
Kenosha pic.twitter.com/ePYorrQHVu
— special agent viti (@selfdeclaredref) August 26, 2020
I don’t entirely know what’s going on but this one guy in particular with a gun looks very jumpy and I feel like that’s not a good combo? Other people are reminding him about “muzzle control” pic.twitter.com/86qAsRrs4i
— Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) August 26, 2020
