Kyle Rittenhouse Grilled By Prosecutors, Says ‘I Did What I Had To Do’

Kyle Rittenhouse, charged with five felonies including multiple counts of first-degree homicide, defended his actions to prosecutors on Wednesday, asserting “I did what I had to do.”

Rittenhouse faced examination from his own defense attorney, Mark Richards, for part of the morning before Richards turned his client over to cross-examination by Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger. Binger immediately pressed Rittenhouse on why he used deadly force against three men, two of whom died, during riots last year in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Rittenhouse asserted that he only did what was necessary to protect himself, keep his weapon from being stolen from him, and deter the attackers. Binger’s line of questioning began:

Thomas Binger: Everybody that you shot at that night, you intended to kill. Correct?