Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense attorney said he was “glad” his teenage client shot Joseph Rosenbaum following a night of violent unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year.

“Kyle shot Joseph Rosenbaum to stop a threat to his person, and I’m glad he shot him — because if Joseph Rosenbaum had got that gun, I don’t for a minute believe he wouldn’t have used it against somebody else,” Mark Richards said during closing arguments on Monday. “He was irrational and crazy.”

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