Gaige Paul Grosskreutz of West Allis, Wisconsin, United States was one of the men shot by Kyle Rittenhouse on August 25, 2020. They were in the same Black Lives Matter demonstration in Kenosha, Wisconsin that day.
Rittenhouse was born in Antioch, Illinois, USA to Michael “Mike” Rittenhouse and Wendy Lewis Rittenhouse. Mike and Wendy got married in 2000.
Kyle Rittenhouse
During the demonstration, Kyle was one of the armed civilians who wanted to protect businesses from vandalism. Grosskreutz was one of the protesters demanding justice for Jacob Blake, who was shot by Kenosha Police Department officer Rusten Sheskey in the back at least eight times on August 23, 2020.
Carrying a Smith & Wesson AR-15 style .223 rifle, Kyle fatally shot two protesters namely Joseph D. Rosenbaum and Anthony M. Huber. Grosskreutz held his handgun in his right hand as he approached Rittenhouse, who then shot Grosskreutz’s right arm.
“I just killed somebody,” Kyle was heard saying during a cellphone call at 11:46 p.m. that evening. Still carrying his rifle, he approached police vehicles with his hands up after shooting but the officers did not stop him.
Gaige Grosskreutz
With a PARAMEDIC cap, a medical bag and a handgun, Grosskreutz volunteered as a medic earlier that night. He was part of the People’s Revolution Movement, a social justice group based in Milwaukee, and attended the demonstration with the group.
While wounded, Grosskreutz told those helping him to apply a tourniquet to stop the bleeding. He was rushed to a hospital in Milwaukee where he underwent reconstructive surgery.
Wenzel Media LLC owner Patti Breitigam-Wenzel organized a GoFundMe fundraiser for Grosskreutz. Breitigam-Wenzel has known him since 2011 and considers him as a son and told the Chicago Sun Times that he has “always been someone who’d help out his friends and give them the shirt off his back if he has one.”
Grosskreutz is represented by Kimberley Motley. On November 4, 2020, he turned 27.
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