$2 Million Cash Bail Set For “Flight Risk” Kenosha Killer

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports:

A Kenosha County court commissioner set bail at $2 million for Kyle Rittenhouse at his first Wisconsin court appearance Monday, after being extradited from Lake County, Illinois, on Friday afternoon. Rittenhouse, 17, faces homicide charges from the Aug. 25 shootings during the civil unrest that followed the police shooting of Jacob Blake, who was left paralyzed, two days earlier.

Rittenhouse is charged with killing Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, of Kenosha and Anthony Huber, 26, of Silver Lake and wounding Gaige Grosskreutz, 22, of West Allis. His attorneys say he acted in self-defense. Court Commissioner Loren Keating said he considered Rittenhouse a flight risk, given the fact he faces decades or life in prison if convicted, and might have the help of thousands of supporters nationwide if he decides not to return to court.

A court commissioner has set a $2M cash bail for an Illinois 17-year-old accused of killing two people during a protest in Wisconsin. https://t.co/SgvpIpIvCF

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