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From CNN's Eric Levenson, Carma Hassan and Brad ParksKyle Rittenhouse provoked the fatal shootings in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year by pointing his AR-15-style weapon at Joseph Rosenbaum, prosecutors said Monday in"That is what provokes this entire incident," prosecutor Thomas Binger said."When the defendant provokes this incident, he loses the right to self-defense. You cannot claim self-defense against a danger you create.
"When my client shot Joseph Rosenbaum, he feared for his life. He feared because of his prior threats, prior statements and the violent acts that had been witnessed by my client," Richards said. A crowd of people then pursued the teenager, and Rittenhouse testified he shot in self-defense at a man who tried to kick him; fatally shot Anthony Huber, who had hit him with a skateboard; and shot Gaige Grosskreutz, who was armed with a pistol.The group of 18 jurors will be narrowed to 12 this morning and will then begin deliberating in the case.dismissed a misdemeanor weapons charge against Rittenhouse, now 18.
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