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The assault-style rifle and ammunition Kyle Rittenhouse used in self-defense to kill two people and wound another during the 2020 Kenosha riots will be destroyed by the state and not returned to the teenager as requested, a Wisconsin judge ruled Friday.

Judge Bruce Schroeder, the same judge who presided over Rittenhouse’s criminal trial last year, said prosecutors and defense attorneys will be given video footage of the destruction, which is likely to take place in April.

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