US Teenager Charged in Wisconsin Shootings to Face Judge

A U.S. teenager charged with fatally shooting two people during protests in Wisconsin last August will go before a judge on Thursday after prosecutors said he should be re-arrested for allegedly violating conditions of his $2 million bond.

Prosecutors accuse Kyle Rittenhouse, 18, of violating his bond terms by not informing the court of his address. They ask a Kenosha County, Wisconsin, judge to increase his bond by $200,000 and issue a warrant for his arrest.

Rittenhouse’s lawyers have said threats to his safety prompted him to conceal his whereabouts. They said they would be willing to disclose his address under seal – an offer declined by prosecutors.

According to court records, Rittenhouse was due to appear before Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder at 1:15 p.m. CST (1915 GMT) for a bond hearing.

NEW: Lawyers for #KyleRittenhouse say he is in an undisclosed “safe house” because of threats. (But he’s been in public at a bar) @WISN12News pic.twitter.com/NOQQpCYaZG

— Derrick Rose (@DRoseTV) February 4, 2021

Rittenhouse had traveled on Aug. 25 from his home in nearby Antioch, Illinois, in a self-appointed role to protect Kenosha’s streets, where the police shooting of Jacob Blake had sparked large protests against police brutality and racism.

He has been charged in Kenosha County with first-degree homicide and five other criminal counts related to the shootings, in which two people were killed, and a third was wounded.

Rittenhouse’s legal team had said their client, who is white, feared for his life when he fired his semi-automatic rifle and have indicated they plan to argue self-defense.

Rittenhouse was extradited in late October to Kenosha to face the charges.

(Reporting by Nathan Layne in Wilton, Connecticut; Editing by Howard Goller)

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