Live Updates: Kyle Rittenhouse takes the stand at his trial for deadly Kenosha protest shootings

Kyle Rittenhouse is taking the stand Wednesday at his trial on charges of killing two men and wounding a third during a night of turbulent protests in Kenosha. Rittenhouse, 18, and his defense claim he was defending property from protesters following the death of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was wounded by a White police officer. 

Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time of the shooting, was charged as an adult with two counts of first-degree homicide and one count of attempted homicide. He also faces charges of recklessly endangering the safety of two other victims, possessing a weapon while under the age of 18, and violating curfew.

If convicted of the homicide charge, he could face up to life in prison.