Kyle Rittenhouse shooting survivor gives key testimony during sixth day of trial

The second week of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial began with testimony from Gaige Grosskreutz, the third man shot by the defendant and the only survivor of the shooting.

Grosskreutz told the jury that he came to Kenosha during the nights of turmoil with the intention of helping injured people, as he has training as a doctor.

During their testimony, the jury viewed videos from the night of the shooting, including some recorded by Grosskreutz.

“I believed the defendant was an active shooter,” Grosskreutz said, describing the moments after Rittenhouse shot and killed Joseph Rosenbaum.

Grosskreutz was armed with a pistol that night, with an expired permit. But Grosskreutz said he wanted to use a non-deadly method to disarm Rittenhouse.

After Rittenhouse shot Anthony Huber, Grosskreutz approached Rittenhouse, and raised his hands, pistol in one hand.

“After the defendant pointed his gun at me and I put my hands in the air, reloading the gun, in my mind, let him know that the defendant pulled the trigger while my hands were in the air, but the gun did not fire,” he said. Grosskreutz. “Then on reloading the weapon, I inferred that the defendant was not accepting my surrender.”

In the video presented in court, the moment is seen when Rittenhouse shoots at Grosskreutz, wounding his arm.

In cross-examination, the defense showed photos of the seconds before Rittenhouse shot Grosskreutz to refute the claim that Grosskreutz had his hands up at the time of the shot.

It wasn’t until you pointed your pistol at him, walked towards him, with his pistol and your hands lowered towards him, that he fired, right? ”Defense attorney Corey Chirafisi asked the witness.

“Correcto,” Grosskreutz context.

Grosskreutz reaffirmed that he did not intend to shoot Rittenhouse.

The defense also criticized a $ 10 million lawsuit from Grosskreutz where he did not mention that he had a gun that night.

Other witnesses called Monday included a firearms analyst, a Kenosha police officer, a journalist and a Kenosha detective.

Rittenhouse trial: victim of his shooting said he thought he was “going to die”

A protester and volunteer doctor said Monday that he drew his own pistol to try to stop the bloodshed from protests that broke out in the summer of 2020 in Wisconsin over the shooting death of Jacob Blake, a black man, by a white police officer from the city of Kenosha.

Kyle Rittenhouse, now 18, is on trial on charges of killing two men and wounding Gaige Grosskreutz during those demonstrations.

Grosskreutz, the third and final man to be shot by Rittenhouse with a rifle during a night of turbulent racial justice protests, testified Monday that he was pointing his own gun at Rittenhouse, who was carrying a rifle, when the young man shot him first.

Rittenhouse, a former police officer from Antioch, Illinois, had come to Kenosha armed with a semiautomatic rifle and a medical kit in what he said was an attempt to protect property from protests.

Grosskreutz took the stand at Rittenhouse’s murder trial Monday, recounting how he drew his own pistol to try to stop the bloodshed.

“I thought the defendant was an active shooter,” said Grosskreutz, 27. When asked what he thought as he approached the 17-year-old Rittenhouse, he said, “That I was going to die.”

Rittenhouse fired first and severely wounded Grosskreutz in the arm, ripping off much of his right bicep.

Prosecutor Thomas Binger asked Grosskreutz why he didn’t shoot first.

“That is not the type of person I am. That is not why I was there, ”he replied. “He is not who I am and he is definitely not someone I would like to become.”

When questioned by one of Rittenhouse’s attorneys, Grosskreutz answered “correct” when asked if he pointed his pistol at Rittenhouse just before Rittenhouse opened fire.

The only survivor shot by Kyle Rittenhouse rose to the rank in trial against the teenager

The only person who was injured by the shooting of Kyle Rittenhouse, Gaige Grosskreutz

Declared this Monday at the trial arguing that he never tried to kill the teenager despite being armed and a few meters away from the young man.

Gaige Grosskreutz, who was the only survivor of the shooting of Kyle Rittenhouse during the racial demonstration in Kenosha, Wisconsin , rose to the stratum on Monday to testify in the trial against the 18-year-old.

During remarks that lasted around three hours, Grosskreutz, 27, acknowledged having been armed with a pistol on the fateful night of August 25, 2020 , but his hands were raised when Rittenhouse raised the rifle, arguing that he feared for his life.

“I never tried to kill the defendant ,” Grosskreutz said. “At the time I was trying to preserve my own life, but doing it while he took other people’s lives is not something that I am capable of, or that makes me feel comfortable.

Defense attorneys for Rittenhouse said the young man was acting in self-defense when he fired his AR-15 rifle with which he killed two people and wounded Grosskreutz, NPR reported.

During questioning, they emphasized the Glock pistol he was holding at the time of Rittenhouse’s shooting and the proximity of the approximately 3-foot teenager when the shooting occurred, something Grosskreutz justified by saying he was not intentionally pointing it.

The subject who was injured attended several Black Lives Matter demonstrations that summer, and being a paramedic, he assisted those who required it with those functions; In addition, he carried medical supplies and broadcast the events live with a hat that said “paramedic”, he had indicated during the trial.

Part of the questions against Grosskreutz are based on the fact that his concealed carry and arms transport license had expired by that date, but he alleged that he was unaware that it was on the night of the shooting.

He further stated that he was about a block from Rittenhouse when he first heard the shots, and when he realized he had shot Joseph Rosenbaum, one of the fatalities, instead of running away, ran towards the sound to try to help him.

Prosecutor Thomas Binger tried to explain that Grosskreuz’s change of address prompted his services as a doctor that might be necessary; however, the defense attorney, Corey Chirafisi described the actions of the paramedic as “persecution”.

“I thought the defendant was an active shooter ,” Grosskreuz said. “Every time a firearm is included in that situation, the stakes are much higher for both serious injury and death.”

The victims of the incident were Anthony Huber, a 26-year-old skater who hit Rittenhouse with his skateboard, generating the reaction of the shot that ended up being fatal.

Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, was the other fatal victim at the demonstration condemning the assault on Jacob Blake by the police that left him paraplegic.

Wow. This Black man was shot several times in the back by @KenoshaPolice today. He was getting into his car after apparently breaking up a fight between two women. He’s in critical condition now. We demand JUSTICE! #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/I1reDEp4nw

— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) August 24, 2020

Injured protester testifies in trial of accused of killing two people in Wisconsin