The surviving victim of Kyle Rittenhouse said Monday that he was pointing a gun at the teen before being shot during the Kenosha protests last year.
Gaige Grosskreutz was the prosecution’s 16th witness and called to testify in the trial of 18-year-old Rittenhouse accused of injuring him and killing two other men using a rifle.
Prosecutor Thomas Binger asked Grosskreutz why he did not fire first at Rittenhouse after seeing him shooting the two other victims.
“That’s not the kind of person that I am,” he replied. “That’s not why I was out there. It’s not who I am. And definitely not somebody I would want to become.”
The 27-year-old then explained that he brandished his weapon thinking Rittenhouse “was an active shooter” and that at one point he felt like “I was going to die.”
The prosecution showed jurors graphic pictures of Grosskreutz’s injuries including a torn-away bicep. However, the defense successfully pushed Grosskreutz to admit that Rittenhouse likely fired in self-defense.
“It wasn’t until you pointed your gun at him, advanced on him…that he fired, right,” Defense Attorney Corey Chirafisi asked. “Correct,” he replied.
