{"id":986088,"date":"2021-11-08T17:43:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T22:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=986088"},"modified":"2021-11-08T17:43:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T22:43:44","slug":"kyle-rittenhouse-trial-witness-gaige-grosskreutz-admits-he-pointed-gun-and-advanced-on-teen-before-he-was-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kyle-rittenhouse-trial-witness-gaige-grosskreutz-admits-he-pointed-gun-and-advanced-on-teen-before-he-was-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Rittenhouse Trial: Witness Gaige Grosskreutz Admits He Pointed Gun and Advanced on Teen Before He Was Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkyle-rittenhouse-trial-witness-gaige-grosskreutz-admits-he-pointed-gun-and-advanced-on-teen-before-he-was-shot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=986088&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Gaige Grosskreutz gave testimony in Kyle Rittenhouse\u2019s trial Monday and admitted he pointed a gun at Rittenhouse before being shot.<\/p>\n<p>Rittenhouse is on trial after shooting three people in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on August 25, 2020. Two of the individuals died while Grosskreutz lived, sustaining major injuries to his arm.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Last week, Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/06\/witness-man-shot-by-kyle-rittenhouse-had-round-chambered-in-handgun\/\">noted<\/a> that another witness testified Grosskreutz had a handgun in his possession with a bullet loaded in the chamber.&nbsp;The Daily Wire&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/man-kyle-rittenhouse-shot-had-loaded-handgun-witness-testifies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;the witness, Jason Lackowski, aided Grosskreutz after he was shot by Rittenhouse.<\/p>\n<p>Lackowski \u201chelped apply a tourniquet\u201d to slow the bleeding and also emptied rounds from a handgun Grosskreutz had in his possession.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18335466\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"41\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/10\/wi\/ap\/15\/police-shooting-wisconsin-kenosha-aug-25-2020-file-photo-gaige-grosskreutz-top-an-injured-protester.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18335466 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/police-shooting-wisconsin-kenosha-aug-25-2020-file-photo-gaige-grosskreutz-top-an-injured-protester-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>In this Aug. 25, 2020 file photo, Gaige Grosskreutz, top, tends to an injured protester during clashes with police outside the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis. Grosskreutz who was shot in the arm by Kyle Rittenhouse during street protests in Kenosha last year has filed a federal lawsuit that accuses police of enabling the violence by allowing armed militia to roam freely during the demonstration. (AP Photo\/David Goldman, File)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>On November 8, 2021, CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us\/live-news\/kyle-rittenhouse-trial-today-11-08-21\/index.html\">pointed out<\/a> that Grosskreutz took the stand and admitted to having the gun and to pointing it at Rittenhouse.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18657858\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"38\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/AP21312621956886.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18657858 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/AP21312621956886-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"Gaige Grosskreutz is sworn in before he testifies about being shot in the right bicep during the Kyle Rittenhouse trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. (Mark Hertzberg\/Pool Photo via AP)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Gaige Grosskreutz is sworn in before he testifies about being shot in the right bicep during the Kyle Rittenhouse trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. (Mark Hertzberg\/Pool Photo via AP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Grosskreutz admitted to \u201cadvancing\u201d on Rittenhouse at a time when Rittenhouse was down on the ground and to pointing the gun at him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-gZMcBi render-stellar-contentstyles__Paragraph-sc-9v7nwy-2 dCwndB\">Rittenhouse defense attorney Corey Chirafisi asked, \u201cIt wasn\u2019t until you pointed your gun at him, advanced on him \u2026 that he fired, right?\u201d the <em>Chicago Sun-Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/crime\/2021\/11\/8\/22769942\/kyle-rittenhouse-trial-survivor-expected-testify-kenosha-shooting\">observed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorrect,\u201d&nbsp;Grosskreutz responded.<\/p>\n<p><em>AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News<\/em><em>&nbsp;and the writer\/curator of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down Range with AWR Hawkins<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em><em>a weekly newsletter focused o<\/em><em>n al<\/em><em>l things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram:&nbsp;<\/em><em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/awr_hawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@awr_hawkins<\/a>. Reach him at&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:awrhawkins@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>. You can sign up to get Down Range at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breitbart.com\/downrange<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gaige Grosskreutz gave testimony in Kyle Rittenhouse\u2019s trial Monday and admitted he pointed a gun at Rittenhouse before being shot. Rittenhouse is on trial after shooting three people in Kenosha, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-986088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=986088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=986088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=986088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=986088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}