Police advance on protesters in Civic Park through a curtain of smoke, during a protest over the shooting of Jacob Blake, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times
Three people were shot, two fatally, during a third night of civil unrest after police shot Jacob Blake.
KENOSHA, Wis. — Illinois police arrested a juvenile Wednesday after two people were shot to death during another night of Black Lives Matter protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
A law enforcement official identified the suspect as 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse of Antioch.
Commander Norman Johnson of the Antioch Police Department said the suspect was arrested on suspicion of first-degree intentional homicide.
Antioch is about 15 miles from Kenosha, which has seen three straight nights of unrest since the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake.
Two people were killed Tuesday night in an attack carried out by a young white man who was caught on cellphone video opening fire in the middle of the street with a semi-automatic rifle.
“I just killed somebody,” he could be heard saying at one point during the shooting rampage that erupted just before midnight.
In the wake of the killings, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers authorized 500 members of the National Guard to support local law enforcement around Kenosha, doubling the number of troops sent in. The governor’s office said he working other states to bring in additional National Guard troops and law officers.
One victim was shot in the head and the other in the chest, Sheriff David Beth told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. A third person suffered gunshot wounds not believed to be life-threatening.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Source:: Chicago Sun Times