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Lone survivor in Kyle Rittenhouse shooting acknowledges unholstering his own gun, worrying about teen’s safety

Lone survivor in Kyle Rittenhouse shooting acknowledges unholstering his own gun, worrying about teen’s safety

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Chicago Tribune

KENOSHA, Wis. — The only man to survive being shot by Kyle Rittenhouse acknowledged Monday he had unholstered his gun and pointed it in the teen’s direction when Rittenhouse fired a single bullet into the man’s bicep. Gaige Grosskreutz, a trained paramedic, told jurors he hadn’t planned to shoot Rittenhouse even though he believed the teen to be an active shooter. Having seen Rittenhouse already kill one man, he assumed he would be next. “I was never trying to kill the defendant,” Grosskreutz said. “That was never something I was trying to do. In that moment, I was trying to preserve my own li…

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