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Trump supporter faces additional homicide charges over deaths of two people
Kyle Rittenhouse (left, with backwards cap) walks along Sheridan Road in Kenosha with another armed civilian

TRUMP-SUPPORTING far right Kyle Rittenhouse faces additional homicide charges over his alleged role in armed violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin, which left two people dead and one seriously injured.

The 17-year-old was arrested on Wednesday, some 12 hours after the fatal shootings.

He was initially charged with reckless first-degree intentional homicide in the death of Joseph Rosenbaum, after handing himself in to Antioch Police.

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