Teen 'fugitive from justice' arrested for murder after two shot dead as sheriff hits out at armed militias 'deputising' for police // VIDEO: Jacob Blake protests: Police discuss arrest of suspect in deadly shootin...

A 17-year-old has been arrested after two people were fatally shot and another injured in Kenosha, Wisc., on Tuesday night, during protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth, Kenosha Police Chief Dan Miskinis, Kenosha County Executive Jim Kreuser, and Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian spoke to the media Wednesday afternoon. They confirmed the arrest of the suspect, who is being charged as an adult, and faced difficult questions about what happened Tuesday night in the hours before, during, and after the shooting which claimed two lives.

Videos from Kenosha show a young white man firing at protesters during an encounter late Tuesday. The suspect appeared to be carrying an AR-15-style rifle and standing guard with a militia group earlier in the night, multiple videos show.

Demonstrators were decrying the police shooting of Blake, a Black man officers shot in the back multiple times on Sunday afternoon while he was trying to climb into his SUV. It was the third consecutive night of protests in the city of Kenosha related to the shooting.

 

Kenosha protests –  Teen 'fugitive from justice' arrested for murder after two shot dead as sheriff hits out at armed militias 'deputising' for police

 

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A 17-year-old Illinois resident has been arrested and is expected to be charged of at least one count of first-degree intentional homicide following a Tuesday evening shooting during Kenosha, Wisconsin, that resulted in two people dead and one person injured.

 

Kyle Rittenhouse was named as a suspect in the shooting. Video footage has showed a white gunman carrying a semi-automatic rifle opening fire in them middle of the street and fatally shooting two people.

 

The protests turned violent on Tuesday evening as people gathered in honour of Jacob Blake, who was shot by police seven times on Sunday. Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth later condemned armed "vigilantes" attempting to deputise for police officers in response to the protests.

 

Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he would be sending the National Guard to Wisconsin after Governor Tony Evers requested the federal assistance.