Man charged with firing handgun just before alleged Kyle Rittenhouse shootings

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https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/man-charged-with-firing-handgun-in-air-before-kenosha-shootings/

Man charged with firing handgun just before alleged Kyle Rittenhouse shootings

By Lee BrownOctober 14, 2020 | 12:22pm

A man has admitted being first to open fire at the Kenosha protests in the moments before accused teen gunman Kyle Rittenhouse allegedly shot and killed two people and seriously injured another, according to court documents.

Joshua Ziminski, 35, and his wife “both admitted” to detectives that he “fired off a ‘warning shot’ into the air” during the Aug. 25 protests in Wisconsin, according to a criminal complaint obtained by The Post.

Attorneys for Rittenhouse have called the gunshot a “pivotal moment” that left the 17-year-old alleged militia member fearing he had “no way out” as he was chased by protesters with “no way to know who fired that shot.”

On-the-scene reporter Richie McGinniss has also said the sound of the shot was the moment Rittenhouse “went from running away to aiming his weapon” in what the teen’s attorneys insist was self-defense.


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