On August 25, 2020, amid the unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after the police shooting of Jacob Blake, Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old from Antioch, Illinois, shot and killed two men and wounded another during confrontations at two locations in Kenosha.[4][5] He was armed with a semi-automaticAR-15 style rifle,[6][7] while one individual wounded by Rittenhouse was armed with a handgun.[8] Rittenhouse said he was in Kenosha to protect a car dealership from being vandalized, and to provide medical aid.[9][10]