Kyle Rittenhouse

Kyle Rittenhouse Claims He's Going to Texas A&M. The University Begs to Differ

During an appearance on “The Charlie Kirk Show,” Rittenhouse put on a Texas A&M cap and said: "I’m going to be going there. It’s going to be awesome."

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Kyle Rittenhouse claimed he'll attend Texas A&M University on a podcast, but university officials tell a different story, saying he has not been admitted as a student. 

During an appearance on “The Charlie Kirk Show,” a conservative podcast, Rittenhouse proudly put on a Texas A&M cap and said he’d be attending the university. 

However, a university official said he will not be attending the school. 

“He has not been admitted as a student this summer or fall,” university spokesperson Kelly Brown told NBC News Monday afternoon.

Rittenhouse made national headlines for his actions in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Aug. 25, 2020, during protests decrying the shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, by a white Kenosha police officer.

Rittenhouse had traveled from his home in Antioch, Illinois, to Kenosha, about 20 miles away, armed with a rifle, claiming he sought to protect property during the unrest. 

He fatally shot Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26. Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, was injured. 

Read the full story here on NBCNews.com

"I do think folks who are like him...unfortunately will show up and cause problems, will get themselves into trouble in the future and we may see more copycats," attorney and former prosecutor Alex Little says after the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict. The Illinois teen was found not guilty on all counts at his murder trial after he killed two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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