Kyle Rittenhouse trial: jury prepares to deliberate after closing arguments

Prosecution rejects defense's key assertion: You lose the right to self-defense when you're the one who brought the gun'

• Opinion: Rittenhouse isn't crying for those he hurt

Prosecutors and defense attorneys delivered closing statements in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year old who has been charged with homicide after fatally shooting two men during racial justice protests last August in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Rittenhouse killed Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, when he shot them with a military-style rifle during night-time protests.