A Wisconsin court commissioner overseeing the case of a teenager accused of killing two people and injuring a third during protests in Kenosha, Wis., this summer, has denied defense attorneys’ request to dismiss two of the six charges facing Kyle Ritttenhouse.
During a preliminary hearing conducted via video link Thursday, Kenosha County Circuit Court Commissioner Loren Keating also said he found enough evidence that support the charges against Rittenhouse, 17, for the case to proceed to trial.
The Antioch, Ill., teenager was released from police custody last month and faces homicide charges in the killings of Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum and attempted homicide in the wounding of Gaige Grosskreutz.
The shootings took place following days of protests after Jacob Blake, a Black man, was shot several times at close range by Kenosha police. Blake was left paralyzed.
