Last week, after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl championship parade shooting, Kyle Rittenhouse made a remark that quickly went viral online.
On February 14, at a parking garage adjacent to the main stage of the parade, west of Kansas City’s Union Station, shots were fired. One person was killed, and many others were wounded, and two teens have been charged with the crime. The names and ages of the minors involved have not been disclosed, but the victim, Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a mother of two and a local DJ, was verified by the police.
Three individuals were taken into custody by the police as a result of the incident.
In August 2020, at the age of 17, Rittenhouse shot and killed two men—Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26—during a riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Gaige Grosskreutz, 26, was wounded by him after pointing a gun at Rittenhouse’s head.
The shootings occurred at a Black Lives Matter (BLM) demonstration after a white police officer shot and crippled a Black man named Jacob Blake.
In November 2021, during his trial, Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all counts, including deliberate murder, attempted intentional homicide, reckless homicide, and two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety.
Rittenhouse said he had come to the protest to “protect businesses and provide medical assistance.”
On Tuesday, Rittenhouse posted on X to draw parallels between the Kansas City tragedy and his experience. He wondered why the government so readily revealed his name after he defended himself but still hadn’t revealed the names of the Kansas City shooters.
Perpetually strident and self-righteous failed broadcaster Keith Olberman weighed in and called Rittenhouse a “fathead” while saying, quizzically, that he revealed his name.
This new book by Rittenhouse, Acquitted, has been dubbed a “story of survival, resilience, and justice.” It details the events leading up to the 2020 shootings.
Gaige Grosskreutz, who pointed a gun at Rittenhouse’s head, is suing him for getting shot in the arm.
