Kyle Rittenhouse is the 17-year-old man who was arrested and charged with fatally shooting two people and wounding a third during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 25, 2020.
His parents are Wade and Lori Rittenhouse. His father is a former Marine who served in Iraq, and his mother is a nurse. He has two sisters, one older and one younger.
Rittenhouse was born in Antioch, Illinois, and lived there until he was about eight years old when his family moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin. He attended school in Kenosha until he dropped out of high school last year.
In 2018, Rittenhouse's mother filed for divorce from his father after more than 20 years of marriage; the divorce was finalized earlier this year.