Wisconsin man ‘maimed’ in 2020 Kenosha shooting names Kyle Rittenhouse in civil lawsuit over emotional distress – By Marissa Sarnoff (Law & Crime) / Feb 22, 2023
The Wisconsin man who was shot in the arm by a then-teenaged Kyle Rittenhouse during a 2020 protest over police brutality has added Rittenhouse to his civil lawsuit against the city of Kenosha and local officials.
Gaige Grosskreutz was shot in the arm on Aug. 25, 2020, by Rittenhouse, who had traveled from his home state of Illinois to Kenosha, Wisc., as a counterprotestor to a demonstration over the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Rittenhouse, armed with a rifle, shot and killed two people that night before injuring Grosskreutz, who, according to the lawsuit, was trying to stop Rittenhouse, then 17, from doing further damage.
“Mr. Grosskreutz tried to end Defendant Rittenhouse’s homicidal rampage,” the complaint says.
At the end of his criminal trial in which he argued self-defense, Rittenhouse was acquitted of homicide charges.
