The guy that invited the Kyle Posse to town, has no mercy for Kyle's murderous ways.
‘I don’t know him’
Mathewson said he has never met Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old from Antioch, Ill., who was arrested Wednesday in connection with the shooting deaths of two people Tuesday night in downtown Kenosha and the hospitalization of a third. In the interview, Mathewson was quick to distance himself from the suspect.
“He was a child that had no business carrying a gun, so I wonder who condoned him leaving another state to come here carrying a gun without questioning that,” Mathewson said.
With regard to the shootings themselves, he said, “I don’t want to take the position if what he did was self defense or not, because we don’t have all the facts. But state laws are very clear: You have to be 18 to possess a long gun and 21 to possess a pistol.
“I don’t know him, he’s not affiliated in any way with me or my Facebook page that I know of. Never met the guy,” he continued, calling it “always a tragedy when anybody loses their lives, even if it’s in self-defense.”
Authorities have not tied Rittenhouse to a specific militia group, and it’s not clear whether he came to Kenosha Tuesday because of the Kenosha Guard’s post, although it drew widespread attention.
“Our effort has made national media,” stated the post addressed to the Kenosha police chief, linking to the extremist rightwing website InfoWars.