Teenager charged over fatal shootings amid US protests against racial inequality

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>A 17-year-old has been charged over the fatal shooting of two people and the wounding of a third amid protests against a police attack which left a black man with spinal injuries&comma; US prosecutors said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Demonstrations began in Kenosha&comma; Wisconsin and were taken up by major sport leagues and prominent athletes across the US after Jacob Blake was shot in the back&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kyle Rittenhouse allegedly went to Kenosha from nearby Antioch&comma; Illinois and went on a shooting rampage&period; He faces charges of first-degree intentional homicide&comma; one count of first-degree reckless homicide&comma; one count of attempted first-degree intentional homicide and two counts of first-degree reckless endangerment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kenosha police have faced questions about their interactions with the gunman on Tuesday night&period; According to witness accounts and video footage&comma; police apparently let Rittenhouse walk past them and leave the scene with a rifle over his shoulder and his hands in the air&comma; as members of the crowd yelled for him to be arrested because he had shot people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He would face a mandatory life sentence if convicted of first-degree intentional homicide&comma; the most serious crime in Wisconsin&period; Kenosha has become the latest focal point in the fight against racial injustice that has gripped the country since the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;160974" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-160974" style&equals;"width&colon; 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