we, the jury, find the defendant kyle h. rittenhouse not guilty. reporter: inside the courtroom an emotional moment as the verdict was read. kyle h. rittenhouse not guilty reporter: kyle rittenhouse collapsing and then hugging his attorney the verdict a complete rebuke of the prosecution s case not guilty on all five felony counts. outside the courthouse this is a dark, dark day for america. i felt like they made the right choice. you know, it was simple self-defense. reporter: the closely watched case had sparked an intense national debate over self-defense and the second amendment. i think it is a victory for the thousand year old right of self-defense and our young hero, kyle. reporter: but for the loved ones of anthony huber, the second man rittenhouse shot and killed, today s verdict is heart-breaking. every day i wish i
kyle rittenhouse not guilty. members of the jury, these are your unanimous verdicts? is there anyone who does not agree with the verdicts as read? we wish the jury polled? yeah. okay. we have a team of the reporters on ground in kenosha. first let s go to sara sidner oust outside of the courthouse. you were inside of the courtroom for the verdict and we just watched the video of kyle rittenhouse collapsing behind the desk. so describe that moment that the verdicts were read. reporter: for each of the verdicts, you could see him starting to choke up. you could see his neck moving. you could see his head bobbing a bit and when the final verdict was read all of them were not guilty. he did collapse there in a show of emotion. as you might imagine, this is a person who is years old and was facing you know life imprisonm for some of these charges. we also know that behind him you
0 18-year-old man. and we ve also seen protesters. but not a lot. a number of people who are there with signs, who were perhaps hoping for a different outcome here. but the jurors, they looked at the law, they looked at jury instructions, they reviewed several pieces of evidence as they were deliberating over the course of four days, 25 hours. not guilty on all charges. the end of the kyle rittenhouse trial. the news continues right now with alisyn camerota. hello, everyone, i m alisyn camerota. welcome to newsroom. victor is off. we do have breaking news. minutes ago a jury acquitted kyle rittenhouse on all counts. rittenhouse was 17 years old when he fatally shot two men and wounded a third with an ar-15 style rifle that he brought to racial justice protests in august of 2020. he was charged with homicide and reckless endangerment. he could have gotten a life sentence but will walk free today. rittenhouse took the stand during trial, testifying that he acted in self-defense. the