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Wisconsin Man Charged With Providing Rifle Used In Kenosha Protest Shootings

Dominick David Black was charged with illegally providing the gun used by Kyle Rittenhouse to shoot three men, killing two, during a protest this summer in Kenosha, Wisc.

A 19-year-old Wisconsin man has been charged with illegally providing the gun prosecutors say Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, used to fatally shoot two men and injure a third during a protest this summer in Kenosha, Wisc.

Dominick David Black, after Rittenhouse gave himmoney for the purchase. Black signed paperwork indicating he was buying the gun for himself, prosecutors say. Because Rittenhouse was underage, he was unable to personally buy the gun.

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