He'd been to dozens of protests over the summer. He was there that night to help out with medical care. But he also had his medical supplies, all of which were standard for him to bring to protests, he testified. Grosskreutz was armed with a pistol that night. Prosecutors have said that the group believed that Rittenhouse was an active shooter.

Gaige Grosskreutz, along with Huber, was one of several people who chased Rittenhouse after he shot and killed Rosenbaum. Gaige Grosskreutz was shot and injured by Kyle Rittenhouse. Huber had spent time in prison twice, first for violating probation after strangling his brother and again for kicking his sister, the Post reported. He 'died a hero fighting for a cause he believed in,' it reads.Īccording to the Post, Huber and Gittings had gone to the scene of the unrest to document the demonstrations for posterity. Within seconds of the tussle, Rittenhouse fired a single fatal shot into Huber, who can be seen staggering away, then collapsing onto the ground, in video footage of the incident.Īn obituary described Huber as an artistic young man with a quick wit whose favorite thing was skateboarding. But the single blow was not enough to bring Rittenhouse down.

Huber eventually caught up to Rittenhouse and tried to stop him by hitting him with a skateboard.

I tried to grab him,' Gittings told CNN last year. 'He pushed me out of the way and ran off. The 26-year-old, who grew up in Kenosha and was an avid skateboarder, was at the protest with his girlfriend, Hannah Gittings. Rittenhouse panicked and set off running away from the scene of the fatal shooting, toward a police line.īut along the way, several protesters who believed Rittenhouse was an active shooter began chasing after him. And I don't think that that is acceptable.' Anthony Huber Swart told reporters after the verdict: 'I feel like in this case, it feels like, the victims' lives don't matter. Rosenbaum had a young daughter from a previous relationship, according to the paper, and he said he was fighting for the right to see her. But she was open to reconciling, telling the Post that he had told her: 'I want to fix things. Swart had pressed charges against Rosenbaum in July 2020 after a fight in which he assaulted her, the paper reported.

Download use a skate go to prison story