evidence: VERNON HILLS, Ill. (WLS) -- The mother of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old from Illinois who fatally shot two people during violent protests in Kenosha, defended her son in her first on-camera interview Wednesday. [...] "If he didn't have that gun, he would have been dead," Wendy Rittenhouse said. "Point-blank. It was all self-defense. I saw it. If I wasn't his mother, I would have said the same thing - it was self-defense. He was chased by a bunch of mob." [...] Wendy Rittenhouse said her son was not there to hurt anyone.