Wisconsin Crime Lab Destroys Rifle Used by Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha

Mark Richards, Kyle Rittenhouse's lead attorney, left, and Kenosha Police Department Detective Ben Antaramian, center, look at the weapon Rittenhouse used during a riot in Kenosha in August 2020 at a trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Nov. 9, 2021. Sean Krajacic-Pool/Getty Images

Wisconsin officials have destroyed the rifle that Kyle Rittenhouse used to shoot three people, two fatally, in self-defense during a riot in Kenosha in August 2020.

The Smith & Wesson M&P 15 rifle was seized by Kenosha police officers after the shootings and Rittenhouse’s attorneys and prosecutors agreed in January that the gun would be destroyed. Rittenhouse’s lead attorney, Mark Richards, said Rittenhouse didn’t want someone to buy it and turn it into a trophy. The agreement called for the process to be recorded.