Antifa and Black Lives Matter (BLM) terrorists had been torching innocent people's vehicles, according to local eyewitnesses, when Rittenhouse intervened to not only extinguish the flames but also protect nearby businesses and other property from being violently destroyed.

It was at this time that Antifa and BLM terrorists swarmed Rittenhouse, beating him with a skateboard and trying to take his life before he opened fire, killing two terrorists and injuring a third in what the mainstream media is now erroneously reporting as "murder."

One eyewitness stated during an interview on The Vicki McKenna Show, which airs on 1310 WIBA, that Rittenhouse, as well as several military veterans, responded to a call on social media from a business owner who pleaded for someone, anyone, to help protect him and his business, which had already been partially destroyed the night before during previous rioting and looting.