Kyle Rittenhouse to stand trial after motion to dismiss charges fails

Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager accused of fatally shooting two people and injuring a third during the riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, will stand trial.

Rittenhouse’s defense team had filed motions to dismiss two of the charges their client faces, possession of a deadly weapon by a minor and one of the two reckless endangerment charges, but Kenosha County Court Commissioner Loren Keating rejected them on Thursday, according to the Washington Post. The teenager appeared via video with an attorney at the preliminary court hearing.

His arraignment is set for Jan. 5.

The 17-year-old is charged in connection to the killing of Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum during a night of unrest on Aug. 25 following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man. He also was charged with attempted homicide in the wounding of Gaige Grosskreutz.

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