“I thought the defendant was an active shooter,” Grosskreutz said.
The trial for alleged Kenosha, Wis. shooter Kyle Rittenhouse entered its second week Monday and began with testimony from a man who was shot by the then-17-year-old but survived. Gaige Grosskreutz,27, told prosecutors he confronted a rifle-toting Rittenhouse with a gun of his own. “I thought the defendant was an active shooter,” Grosskreutz said, recounting how he pulled out the pistol he had holstered. Asked what was going through his mind as he neared Rittenhouse, he said, “That I was going to die.” Rittenhouse, now 18, is accused of murdering Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber during a racial justice protest in Kenosha on Aug.25,2020 after a white police officer shot Jacob Blake, a Black man. Rittenhouse’s defense have claimed Rittenhouse acted in self-defense during the shooting. Grosskreutz had a gun in has hand, with his arms raised, when Rittenhouse fired, shooting him in the bicep. A prosecutor asked Grosskreutz why he didn’t shoot Rittenhouse. “Like I said, that’s not the kind of person that I am. That’s not why I was out there,” he said.
