An American teenager on trial for murder in Wisconsin was found not guilty Friday of all charges related to the shooting deaths of two men and the wounding of another.Kyle Rittenhouse shot and killed Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and injured Gaige Grosskreutz on August 25, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin.Rittenhouse shot the men with a semi-automatic weapon.The shootings took place during street protests and property destruction over police violence against Black people in the summer of 2020.The teenager is white. Those he shot also were white.A jury of 12 men and women found Rittenhouse not guilty of five charges including homicide, or murder, attempted homicide and reckless endangering.Government lawyers told the jury that Rittenhouse had gone looking for trouble that night.They said he had created a dangerous situation by pointing his weapon at protestors.And, they noted that he showed no remorse over the killings.
