Rittenhouse is charged with killing two people and wounding a third during a night of protests in Kenosha in August 2020.
FINALE VERSION 25 HIGH RESOLUTION TRIAL
James Armstrong of the state crime lab in Wisconsin points to drone video he digitally enlarged during Kyle Rittenhouse's trial on Tuesday. Prosecutor James Kraus called that last shot the "kill shot."įor more reporting from the Associated Press, see below. Doug Kelley, a forensic pathologist with the Milwaukee County medical examiner's office, testified that Rosenbaum was shot four times: in the groin, hand and thigh when facing Rittenhouse and then in the back, the AP said.
Prosecutors said they secured a low-resolution copy earlier in their investigation but weren't given the high-definition one until the trial's fifth day.ĭr. The prosecution played the video for the jury after a week of testimony. So far, the video is the clearest footage of the shooting to be seen, the AP said. The footage was zoomed in and slowed down by a forensic imaging specialist. The high-definition drone video shows Rottenbaum following Rittenhouse and then the 17-year-old wheeling around and shooting him at close range. Wisconsin's self-defense law permits a person to use deadly force if "necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm." The jury must determine whether Rittenhouse thought he was in danger and if his shooting was justified.
Throughout the trial, the defense has argued that his actions were in self-defense. Rittenhouse is charged with killing two people and wounding a third in Kenosha in August 2020. The jury in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial on Tuesday saw footage of the teenager shooting Joseph Rottenbaum at close range during a night of racial justice protests in Wisconsin last year, the Associated Press reported.