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Teen Told Police Where To Find Gun Used In Kenosha Shootings

Kyle Rittenhouse Surrendered To Police In In Illinois In August

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Kyle Rittenhouse appears for an extradition hearing in Lake County court Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Waukegan, Ill.
Kyle Rittenhouse appears for an extradition hearing in Lake County court Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Waukegan, Ill. The 17-year-old is accused of killing two demonstrators in Kenosha, Wis., on Aug. 25, 2020, two days after a police officer trying to arrest Jacob Blake shot him seven times in the back, paralyzing him from the waist down. Nam Y. Huh, Pool/AP Photo

Police records show a 17-year-old accused of fatally shooting two demonstrators in Kenosha told officers at his local police station in Illinois where to find an assault rifle he said he had just used to shoot several people.

The records say Kyle Rittenhouse was visibly upset as he surrendered to police in Antioch on Aug. 26.

He is accused of killing two people and injuring a third during unrest in Kenosha following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man.

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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Rittenhouse told police the gun was in the trunk of his friend’s car at his apartment in Antioch.

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