Kyle Rittenhouse makes first in-person court appearance

Rittenhouse is charged in the shooting deaths of two anti-racist protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last August.

Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged with fatally shooting two people and wounding a third during protests in Wisconsin last August, made his first in-person court appearance on Friday ahead of trial in November. Rittenhouse, 18, had been attending court hearings remotely from his lawyer’s office but was able to appear in person before Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder for the pre-trial hearing following a relaxation of COVID-19 protocols. The teenager sat to the left of his lawyer and was wearing a blue shirt, navy blazer and black face mask. He did not speak during the hearing, which mainly covered routine matters.