Kyle Rittenhouse's cash bail is set at $2 million
Rittenhouse’s defense team has said his actions came in self-defense
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Wisconsin court set bail at $2 million for Kyle Rittenhouse, who is charged in connection with three shootings during protests in August, after he was extradited from his home state of Illinois.
The 17-year-old, of Antioch, Ill., is accused of fatally shooting two White men, Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, and injuring Gaige Grosskreutz in Kenosha, Wis., on Aug. 25. The protest erupted after a police shooting that paralyzed a Black man named Jacob Blake.
In this Aug. 25, file photo, Kyle Rittenhouse carries a weapon as he walks along Sheridan Road in Kenosha, Wis., during a night of unrest following the weekend police shooting of Jacob Blake. (Adam Rogan/The Journal Times via AP, File)
Rittenhouse’s defense team previously described his actions as self-defense and maintained he fired his weapon only after being attacked. The shootings were recorded via cellphone and circulated online.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}JUDGE RULES KYLE RITTENHOUSE SHOULD BE EXTRADITED TO WISCONSIN TO FACE MURDER CHARGES
He told police in his hometown that he tried to surrender to Kenosha officers immediately after the shooting, but was told to go home, according to police records. He turned himself in at Antioch the next day.
Kyle Rittenhouse appears for an extradition hearing in Lake County court Oct. 30, in Waukegan, Ill., Kyle Rittenhouse, accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, Pool)
Prosecutors asked for $2 million bail and argued that Rittenhouse was a flight risk.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}After turning himself in, he told investigators that he had been hit in the head and neck with a baseball bat and skateboard, according to police records. But medics reportedly found scratches on his arm, but no bruises.
His extradition to Wisconsin from Illinois did not happen until Friday despite efforts from his defense team to block it.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Rittenhouse’s attorney Mark Richards had asked the court commissioner to set bail at $750,000 – and Huber’s father called for $4 million bail.
Rittenhouse faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment if convicted on charges that include first-degree intentional homicide.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.