An Illinois judge has ordered Kyle Rittenhouse (pictured in sky blue shirt and black tie) to be extradited on homicide charges, news reports say.
On Friday (October 30), the judge denied the teen’s request for release as he was transported to Kenosha County Jail. According to a sheriff’s spokesperson, he had been in custody in an Illinois juvenile facility since turning himself in, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
The teen told officers he had been hired to protect a business in Kenosha and shot the three protesters in self defense. The owner of the business, Car Source, has told the Journal Sentinel, that he didn’t hire anyone to act as armed security.
Rittenhouse said he told Antioch police he had tried turning himself in to a Kenosha police officer, but was instead told to go home.
Rittenhouse reportedly had small scratches to one of his arms, but no bruising or cuts. While medical help was summoned to the police station, Rittenhouse stated: “I shot two white kids.”
Source: Wisconsin Shooter Denied Bail, Extradited to County Jail to Face Formal Murder Charges
