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Kenosha gunman Kyle Rittenhouse brutally punched girl in head weeks before he shot 2 protesters dead, video shows

Viral video footage suggests that Rittenhouse was seen 'punching a girl several times' before he was stopped by at least 4 guys

Sickening footage shows Kenosha shooter, Kyle Rittenhouse, punching a young girl many times in the head and stomach during an argument. The footage emerged online and has been going viral across social media platforms such as Twitter. The video was reportedly taken on July 1, a few weeks before Rittenhouse shot dead two Black Lives Matter protesters using an AR-15 and injured another, Daily Mail reports. 

According to two men who filmed the earlier clip, Reese Granville and CJ Wakefield had identified the teenager shown as Rittenhouse, the Journal Times reports. The boy in the video can also be seen wearing the same American flag Crocs that Rittenhouse had been seen wearing in the widely circulated picture taken from his Facebook page. 

In the video clip, two females are seen having an argument while in a parking lot in downtown Kenosha. The first video clip allegedly shows a teenager believed to be Rittenhouse and other young males watching the argument. One of the females who is seen in a white tank top accuses the other girl of touching her. 

There were two versions of the video uploaded on Twitter, the first was captioned: "Here’s that video of the Kyle Rittenhouse fight in Kenosha; Taken on July 1. Another video (which got taken off of Facebook) shows others jumping in, kicking Rittenhouse, and then the fight ending. Still not clear what led to the fight," while the second video was simply captioned: "Longer version".

The argument then escalates and the teenager who is believed to Rittenhouse and another male starts to argue with the accused female who is seen in grey sweatpants. Then a third female approaches and starts to fight with the girl in the grey sweat pants. 

The teenager believed to be Rittenhouse starts to beat up on the accused girl and seems to land at least four punches on the girl, in the back of her head and abdomen as another male tries to hold him back. 

Granville and Wakefield jump out of their car while two other men from another car do the same and rush over. A second video clip that was captured via a passenger in another vehicle shows a man trying to confront Rittenhouse. The man can be heard saying, "Do not put your hands on a female (expletive)."

Four men are seen walking up to Rittenhouse with one wrestling him and striking him several times. He is then forced onto the ground. While the teen appearing to be Rittenhouse is on the ground, he tries to escape but is kicked many times while female voices can be heard asking people to stop.

Rittenhouse eventually gets up and hobbles away while the four men also leave the scene. We had earlier reported that Rittenhouse, who has been charged as an adult, is now facing two charges of first-degree homicide for killing Anthony M Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum. He is also facing one count of attempted homicide for the incident on the third night of protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the wake of Jacob Blake police shooting.

Blake, a Black man, was shot seven times by a police officer in the back as his three children watched the tragedy unfold from his car. A lawyer for Rittenhouse has said that his client acted in self-defense. Rittenhouse, who was reportedly seen on the streets of the city with an AR-15-style rifle, was arrested on August 26 in his hometown, Antioch, Illinois, 15 miles from Kenosha.