Rifle used by Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha shooting to be destroyed

The AR-15-style rifle that Kyle Rittenhouse used in the shooting of three men during a 2020 protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, will be destroyed.

The AR-15-style rifle that Kyle Rittenhouse used in the shooting of three men during a 2020 protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, will be destroyed.

State prosecutors, the defense and the man who purchased the gun agreed to let the Kenosha Police Department and Kenosha Joint Services destroy the firearm, along with the magazine and the scope, so that the weapon "will not be in anyone's possession," Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger said during a hearing in Kenosha County circuit court Friday.

Kenosha County Judge Bruce Schroeder, who presided over Rittenhouse’s high-profile trial, approved the agreement during the hearing.

The destruction will likely occur in April at the state crime lab and will be recorded, Binger said. For now, the gun will remain locked up at the Kenosha Police Department's secure evidence bureau, Milwaukee ABC affiliate WISN reported.