White teen Kyle Rittenhouse arrested after two shot dead in Jacob Blake protests
- Cellphone video shows gunman opening fire in middle of street with semi-automatic rifle
- Unrest sparked by US police shooting of Black man continued in Kenosha, Wisconsin, for third night
Kyle Rittenhouse, of Antioch, Illinois, was taken into custody in Illinois on suspicion of first-degree intentional homicide. Antioch is about 15 miles (24km) from Kenosha.
Two people were shot to death Tuesday night in an attack carried out by a young white man who was caught on cellphone video opening fire in the middle of the street with a semi-automatic rifle.
“I just killed somebody,” the gunman could be heard saying at one point during the rampage that erupted just before midnight.
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Third night of violent protests in US state of Wisconsin after police shooting of Jacob Blake
In the wake of the killings, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers authorised 500 members of the National Guard to support local law enforcement around Kenosha, doubling the number of troops sent in. The governor’s office said he is working with other states to bring in additional National Guard troops and law officers. Authorities also announced a 7pm curfew.
“A senseless tragedy like this cannot happen again,” the governor, a Democrat, said in a statement.