Kyle Rittenhouse says he is destroying AR-15 used in Kenosha shootings

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Kyle Rittenhouse said he will destroy the AR-15-style weapon he used in the fatal shooting of two people last year at a racial injustice protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

In an appearance on the conservative podcast “The Charlie Kirk Show,” Rittenhouse said Tuesday that the gun was being "destroyed right now.”

“We don’t want anything to do with that,” he said.

Rittenhouse, 18, was acquitted of five felony charges related to his actions on Aug. 25, 2020, during a protest over the shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, by a white Kenosha police officer.

Rittenhouse was charged with reckless homicide in the slaying of Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and intentional homicide in the death of Anthony Huber, 26.

He also faced a charge of attempted intentional homicide for severely wounding Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, a paramedic from suburban Milwaukee, who was volunteering his medical services, as well as two counts of recklessly endangering safety.

Photos of Rittenhouse holding the AR-15-style weapon at the Kenosha protest were widely circulated. He claimed that he was trying to protect property during the unrest and that he fired the weapon in self-defense.