A Wisconsin judge on Monday dismissed a weapons charge against Kyle Rittenhouse, the teen who fatally shot & people & wounded a third during a protest in Kenosha last year.
Moments before closing arguments were set to start, Judge Bruce Schroeder dismissed 1 count of illegal possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18.
Rittenhouse still faces 5 other charges stemming from the Aug. 25, 2020, shootings.
Rittenhouse, now 18, is accused of intentional homicide in the slaying of Anthony Huber, 26, & reckless homicide in the death of Joseph Rosenbaum, 36.
Rittenhouse has also been charged with attempted intentional homicide in the shooting of Gaige Grosskreutz.
The victims & Rittenhouse were in the streets of Kenosha as social justice demonstrations erupted following the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
Huber & Rosenbaum were not armed when Rittenhouse shot them, but Grosskreutz, 27, came toward the suspect with a pistol in hand when the teen opened fire.
Prosecutors said Rittenhouse, 17 at the time, had no legal right to have an AR-15-style weapon & wasn't justified in the shootings.
The defense, meanwhile, has been arguing that Rittenhouse was defending himself on a chaotic, violent night.
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