Kenosha

A girl was shot Friday evening in Kenosha, Wisconsin while attempting to steal a car at a gas station, according to officials.

Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorney wants a judge to allow him to argue that one of the men his client fatally shot during a Wisconsin protest was a sex offender, saying it supports a defense theory that he attacked Rittenhouse and intended to take his gun because he couldn’t legally possess one.

Prosecutors in Wisconsin want a judge to allow evidence at Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial that shows he had a previous violent encounter in Kenosha before he fatally shot two men and injured another during a police brutality protest last year.

Officials in Kenosha, Wisconsin, have denied a claim for damages from Jacob Blake Jr., the Black man who was paralyzed when he was shot by a white police officer last summer.

The white police officer who shot Jacob Blake in Wisconsin last summer was suspended for three days this year because his service weapon was stolen just weeks after the shooting that left the Black man partially paralyzed.

A number of people gathered in Kenosha Sunday and called for the firing of Rusten Sheskey, the police officer who shot Jacob Blake during a confrontation that sparked nationwide protests. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.

Authorities say they have apprehended a person in connection with a shooting at a busy tavern in southeastern Wisconsin early Sunday that left three men dead and three men injured.

Sheriff’s deputies have located a person of interest in a shooting at a Kenosha, Wis., bar that killed three people and seriously injured three others, authorities announced late Sunday afternoon.

Sheriff’s deputies on Sunday apprehended a person of interest in a shooting that killed three people and injured three others at a Kenosha bar. NBC 5’s Jen DeSalvo reports.

Three people were killed and two others were seriously injured following a shooting early Sunday at a bar in Kenosha, Wis., officials said.

Three people were killed and two others were seriously injured in a shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, early Sunday morning, a sheriff’s department official said. NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria reports.

A gunman opened fire at Somers House Tavern in Kenosha, Wisconsin just after 1 a.m. Sunday

Fifty-five people are facing charges related to violent demonstrations in Kenosha, Wisconsin, following the police shooting of Jacob Blake last summer, police said Friday.

An 18-year-old from Illinois accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin is due back in court Wednesday morning to go over final preparations for his trial.

An activist who participated in protests following the August police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha was charged Friday with a felony for allegedly kicking in a door at the Kenosha Public Safety Building and saying he wanted to break an officer’s fingers.

Kenosha County officials say they are cracking down on Illinois residents who are crossing the border to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Wisconsin.

A judge on Thursday refused prosecutors’ request to issue a new arrest warrant and increased bail for an 18-year-old from Illinois who is accused of killing two people during a police brutality protest in Wisconsin last summer. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers reports.