Jury selection begins in Kyle Rittenhouse trial

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Kenosha Protests Shootings
Kyle Rittenhouse, center, returns to the courtroom for the jury selection portion of his trial.

Jury selection began Monday in the high-profile case of Kyle Rittenhouse, an Illinois teenager who is accused of shooting and killing two people and wounding another at a police brutality protest-turned-riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year.

Rittenhouse, a then-17-year-old youth cadet and part-time YMCA lifeguard, faces multiple charges, including two counts of first-degree homicide, attempted homicide, reckless endangerment, and a curfew violation. He has pleaded not guilty. If convicted of first-degree homicide, he could spend the rest of his life behind bars.

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