One of the things that has been on the minds of many are the protests that are taking place. Although they seem to have died down in recent months, we are still reeling from some of the events that occurred during the coronavirus pandemic. This includes Kyle Rittenhouse and the shooting that took place that ended up killing two people. It seems as if new evidence has come to light from a man that is being charged with opening fire at the protest before Kyle Rittenhouse opened fire.
Both Joshua Ziminski, a 35-year-old man, and his wife admitted to detectives that Ziminski “fired off a ‘warning shot’ into the air” at the protest in Wisconsin on August 25.
The attorneys who are supporting Rittenhouse refer to that gunshot as a ‘pivotal moment’ that eventually led the militia member, 17-year-old Rittenhouse to open fire. He felt as if he didn’t have any other recourse as protesters were chasing him with “no way to know who fired that shot.”
Richie McGinniss was a reporter on the scene who also heard a gunshot being fired at the moment that Rittenhouse “went from running away to aiming his weapon.” His attorneys are saying it was self-defense.
In now viral videos of the killings, Ziminski, a 6’5″ Wisconsin native can be seen “holding a black handgun” in a large group of people just prior to the attack. Ziminski and his wife, Kelly, can also be seen walking to the Ultimate Gas Station lot with his “arm pointing the gun upward towards the sky.”
According to court papers, detectives “observed a muzzle flash emit from the handgun, and heard a gunshot at the same time” and that can be seen in another video clip. “Several other people are in the nearby vicinity when the defendant fires the handgun,” the documents said.
Ziminski and his wife admitted that he had fired a warning shot in the air but said they could not produce the gun because it was stolen from their home. He was booked last Wednesday for disorderly conduct and use of a dangerous weapon.
He also pleaded not guilty during a virtual hearing and was released on a $1000 cash bond. He would not be able to own any weapons or discuss the case with his wife.