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A 17-year-old has been arrested after two people were fatally shot and another injured in Kenosha, Wisc., on Tuesday night, during protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
Kyle Rittenhouse was arrested in Antioch, Ill., on Wednesday, Reuters reports. He was listed as a fugitive in local court records filed in Lake County. He was wanted for first-degree intentional homicide, according to a court filing obtained by The Daily Dot.
Videos from Kenosha show a young white man firing at protesters during an encounter late Tuesday. The suspect appeared to be carrying an AR-15-style rifle and standing guard with a militia group earlier in the night, multiple videos show.
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Several shots were fired near a gas station just before midnight on Tuesday after protesters clashed with police and armed vigilantes who showed up to defend the business. Two people were killed and a third victim was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Demonstrators were decrying the police shooting of Blake, a Black man officers shot in the back multiple times on Sunday afternoon while he was trying to climb into his SUV. Blake survived the incident but his father says he is now paralyzed from the waist down.
0:24 Video shows police in Wisconsin shooting Black man from behind
Video shows police in Wisconsin shooting Black man from behind
Tuesday’s deadly shootings played out over a chaotic 30 minutes just before midnight, according to police recordings obtained by Storyful.
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Officers initially reported that three or four people were trying to set cars on fire near a gas station at 11:44 p.m. A few minutes later an officer reported seeing “at least four people with handguns around here.” Police reported the first gunshot victim at 11:51 p.m. and said he was being stuffed into the back of a security vehicle from the Kenosha Medical Center.
“We have somebody down in the middle of the road. CPR in progress,” an officer says at 11:52 p.m. “We’re going to need more here.”
Police then reported seeing a suspect running north. “He dropped his gun. We’re holding it now,” an officer says. An officer described the shooting incident in a report at 12:12 a.m.: “He was running southbound, turned and fired into the crowd.” Officers had reported three shooting victims by that point.
The suspected shooter was a white male with a long gun and dark pants, Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel prior to the arrest .
2:42 Wisconsin protests: Fires light up Kenosha streets as protesters defy emergency curfew
Wisconsin protests: Fires light up Kenosha streets as protesters defy emergency curfew
A young man matching the suspect’s description can be seen standing guard with militiamen in videos captured at the gas station and car lot earlier in the night. One video shows him identifying himself as “Kyle,” and he can be seen getting water for riot officers in a nearby armoured vehicle. He is shown wearing dark pants, a light shirt and a black and yellow pack with a rifle strapped across his chest.
Several videos from later in the night capture the sounds of gunshots in the distance, followed by footage of a young man running down the street while protesters chase him. The man is carrying an assault-style rifle and his clothing matches the young man who called himself Kyle in the earlier video.
Videos show a protester hitting the militiaman on the head. He stumbles and falls to the ground, then hurriedly fires off a few shots with the rifle. He then fires a few more shots from a sitting position.
The suspect in a shooting in Kenosha, Wisc., is shown after firing his rifle on Aug. 25, 2020.
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One of the protesters tries to walk away, then collapses on the ground and does not move.
The other protesters back away and the young man stands up and starts walking backwards. Multiple gunshots can be heard in the distance while he slowly walks away.
Police had imposed an 8 p.m. curfew on the city Tuesday night after days of protests. Officers used tear gas and rubber bullets to force a crowd of protesters out of a park and into the city streets after the curfew came into effect.
Some of the protesters dispersed but others found their way to the gas station, where a large group of primarily white militia members were standing guard. The militia members shouted at the protesters and warned them to stay away before the shooting, the New York Times reports.
Armed civilians stand in the streets of Kenosha during the third day of protests over the shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, by a police officer in Wisconsin on Aug. 25, 2020.
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Another car lot was torched during unrest on Monday night in Kenosha.
Several armed militia groups have shown up to watch Black Lives Matter protests in recent months, particularly after the death of George Floyd in May. The groups have claimed to be defending local businesses, and their encounters with protesters have been largely non-violent.
Security experts have said that far-right extremist groups, including self-styled militias such as the boogaloo movement, currently pose the greatest terror threat in the United States.
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Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday, Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskinis said armed groups protecting businesses are “no different than those on the protesters’ side who are walking around armed.”
Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian later stepped in to say he doesn’t want to see armed militia pitching in after the 8 p.m. curfew.
“I don’t need more guns on the streets,” he said. “Law enforcement is trained. They’re the ones responsible.”
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U.S. President Donald Trumptweeted on Wednesday afternoon that he would send federal officers and the National Guard to Kenosha “to restore LAW and ORDER!”
Under Wisconsin law, anyone 17 or older is treated as an adult in the criminal justice system.
It is legal in the state for people 18 and over to openly carry a gun, with no license required.
EDMONTON – The Edmonton Oilers signed defenceman Travis Dermott to a professional tryout on Friday.
Dermott, a 27-year-old from Newmarket, Ont., produced two goals, five assists and 26 penalty minutes in 50 games with the Arizona Coyotes last season.
The six-foot, 202-pound blueliner has also played for the Vancouver Canucks and Toronto Maple Leafs.
Toronto drafted him in the second round, 34th overall, of the 2015 NHL draft.
Over seven NHL seasons, Dermott has 16 goals and 46 assists in 329 games while averaging 16:03 in ice time.
Before the NHL, Dermott played two seasons with Oilers captain Connor McDavid for the Ontario Hockey League’s Erie Otters. The team was coached by current Edmonton head coach Kris Knoblauch.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 13, 2024.
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Maria Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam singles champion, led the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s fan vote her first year on the ballot — an important part to possible selection to the hall’s next class.
The organization released the voting results on Friday. American doubles team Bob and Mike Bryan finished second with Canada’s Daniel Nestor third.
The Hall of Fame said tens of thousands of fans from 120 countries cast ballots. Fan voting is one of two steps in the hall’s selection process. The second is an official group of journalists, historians, and Hall of Famers from the sport who vote on the ballot for the hall’s class of 2025.
“I am incredibly grateful to the fans all around the world who supported me during the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s fan votes,” Sharapova said in a statement. “It is a tremendous honor to be considered for the Hall of Fame, and having the fans’ support makes it all the more special.”
Sharapova became the first Russian woman to reach No. 1 in the world. She won Wimbledon in 2004, the U.S. Open in 2006 and the Australian Open in 2008. She also won the French Open twice, in 2012 and 2014.
Sharapova was also part of Russia’s championship Fed Cup team in 2008 and won a silver medal at the London Olympics in 2012.
To make the hall, candidates must receive 75% or higher on combined results of the official voting group and additional percentage from the fan vote. Sharapova will have an additional three percentage points from winning the fan vote.
The Bryans, who won 16 Grand Slam doubles titles, will have two additional percentage points and Nestor, who won eight Grand Slam doubles titles, will get one extra percentage point.
The hall’s next class will be announced late next month.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road had a blood-alcohol level of .087, above the .08 legal limit in New Jersey, a prosecutor said Friday.
Gaudreau, 31, and brother Matthew, 29, were killed in Carneys Point, New Jersey, on Aug. 29, the evening before they were set to serve as groomsmen at their sister Katie’s wedding.
The driver, 43-year-old Sean M. Higgins of nearby Woodstown, New Jersey, is charged with two counts of death by auto, along with reckless driving, possession of an open container and consuming alcohol in a motor vehicle. At a virtual court hearing Friday, a judge ordered that he be held for trial after prosecutors described a history of alleged road rage and aggressive driving.
“’You were probably driving like a nut like I always tell you you do. And you don’t listen to me, instead you just yell at me,’” his wife told Higgins when he called her from jail after his arrest, according to First Assistant Prosecutor Jonathan Flynn of Salem County.
The defense described Higgins as a married father and law-abiding citizen before the crash.
“He’s an empathetic individual and he’s a loving father of two daughters,” said defense lawyer Matthew Portella. “He’s a good person and he made a horrible decision that night.”
Higgins told police he had five or six beers that day and admitted to consuming alcohol while driving, according to the criminal complaint. He also failed a field sobriety test, the complaint said. A prosecutor on Friday said he had been drinking at home after finishing a work call at about 3 p.m., and having an upsetting conversation with his mother about a family matter.
He then had a two-hour phone call with a friend while he drove around in his Jeep with an open container, Flynn said. He had been driving aggressively behind a sedan going just above the 50 mph speed limit, sometimes tailgating, the female driver told police.
When she and the vehicle ahead of her slowed down and veered left to go around the cyclists, Higgins sped up and veered right, striking the Gaudreas, the two other drivers told police.
“He indicated he didn’t even see them,” said Superior Court Judge Michael J. Silvanio, who said Higgins’ admitted “impatience” caused two deaths.
Higgins faces up to 20 years, a sentence that the judge said made him a flight risk.
Higgins has a master’s degree, works in finance for an addiction treatment company, and served in combat in Iraq, his lawyers said. However, his wife said he had been drinking regularly since working from home, Flynn said.
Johnny Gaudreau, known as “Johnny Hockey,” played 10 full seasons in the league and was set to enter his third with the Columbus Blue Jackets after signing a seven-year, $68 million deal in 2022. He played his first eight seasons with the Calgary Flames, a tenure that included becoming one of the sport’s top players and a fan favorite across North America.
Widows Meredith and Madeline Gaudreau described their husbands as attached at the hip throughout their lives. Both women are expecting, and both gave moving eulogies at the double funeral on Monday.
