On Tuesday, a forensic pathologist testified in court that the protester killed by Kile Rosenbaum was first shot in the front, and then was hit by a fatal bullet to the back.
Before the prosecution rested its case against Rittenhouse, Dr. Douglas Kelley with the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office testified that Rittenhouse shot Rosenbaum four times —twice in the front, once in the back and once along the side of his head, CNN reports.
As noted by CNN, “video of the shooting shows Rittenhouse fired at Rosenbaum’s front, so Kelley determined that the fatal shot to his back came as his body leaned forward.”
“The only time during the interaction in which he could have incurred the gunshot wounds to the back and to the right side of the head was when he was more horizontal, and the only time that happens is the last two gunshot wounds,” Kelley said. “The first two gunshot wounds are represented by the injury to the groin and the injury to the left thigh.”
Kelley said that horizontal position is consistent with a person either falling forward. He also noted that Rosenbaum had a close-range gunshot wound to his hand.
“That hand was over the barrel of Mr. Rittenhouse’s gun when his hand was shot?” defense attorney Richards said.
“That makes sense,” Kelley responded.
The prosecution rested its case against Rittenhouse in his homicide trial after calling 22 witnesses over the course of six days, setting up the defense to potentially call Rittenhouse to the stand.
