Judge Bruce Schroeder has dismissed a misdemeanor charge against Kyle Rittenhouse Monday morning as the case against the teenager who killed two and wounded one during an apparent act of self-defense in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Reuters today reported that the Wisconsin judge in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse on Monday dismissed a misdemeanor charge against the teenager for illegally possessing the AR-15-style rifle he used to shoot three people, killing two, in what he says was self-defense.
In dismissing the charge, Judge Bruce Schroeder said the law on possession was unclear. Rittenhouse was 17 at the time of the shootings.
“Prosecution and defense were due to deliver closing speeches later on Monday in Rittenhouse’s trial, offering to the jury vastly different conclusions about why the teenager opened fire during protests against the police shooting of a Black man last year and whether it was justified,” Reuters added.
Read the full report by Reuters here.