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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rachel Sharp

Sole survivor of Kyle Rittenhouse shooting files to change name to escape ‘right-wing lunatic’ death threats

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The sole survivor out of the three men shot by Kyle Rittenhouse has filed to legally change his name as he seeks to escape the death threats “from right wing lunatics” over the high-profile case.

Gage Grosskreutz, 29, filed a secret petition to change his legal name in Milwaukee court on Tuesday – more than two years on from the 2020 shooting during racial justice protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

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