Grosskreutz was one of two men caught on video attacking Rittenhouse, who was apparently fleeing the scene of the first shooting. As gunshots rang out from an unknown source, Grosskreutz moved in on Rittenhouse, who at this point was lying on his back after shooting the second man.However, when Grosskreutz moved in again, this time apparently with a pistol drawn, Rittenhouse unloaded a round into his arm.
With the public divided over whether Rittenhouse acted in self-defense, a series of Facebook posts by Grosskreutz friend, Jacob Marshall, went viral on Thursday. In comments under a photo of Grosskreutz after surgery, Marshall described how Gaige had his gun drawn at the time of the shooting.
Both Marshall and Grosskreutz Facebook pages have been set to private, but multiple screenshots of the comments circulated on Twitter on Thursday evening.
Grosskreutz is the only victim left alive to testify, and video evidence could play a deciding role in the courts decision.
Initially, the protests and riots in Kenosha were incited by the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man who was shot seven times in the back in front of his three children on Sunday.
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