Kyle Rittenhouse has reportedly requested that the gun he used to kill two people and injure a third be returned to him, CNN reports.
Last year, the 19-year-old was found not guilty of first-degree intentional homicide, along with four other felony charges, after shooting two men dead during a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in Kenosha, Washington.
Having been acquitted, the teenager is now asking that his rifle - which was seized by police when he was arrested - be given back.
A court document filed on Wednesday by Rittenhouse's attorney requests the release of his AR-15 firearm, so that no one can use it to "celebrate" the shootings, Insider reports.
According to the document, "Mr. Rittenhouse further wishes to ensure that the firearm in question is properly destroyed."
Attorney Mark Richards adds in the document - which was filed in Kenosha County Circuit Court - that his client is the lawful owner of the firearm "per the verbal contract enacted with Dominick Black."
He does not clarify why the teenager wants to destroy his rifle but instead goes on to request that several other items also be returned including a 30-round capacity magazine, bullets, an iPhone, and some clothing.
Rittenhouse was 17 at the time of the shootings, which occurred during a demonstration against police brutality on August 25, 2020.
During a skirmish that broke out, he shot and killed Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, as well as injuring Gaige Grosskreutz. The firearm used in the shootings was purchased for Rittenhouse by Dominick Black, who was dating his sister at the time.
When the case was brought to trial last November Rittenhouse claimed to have been acting in self-defense, and that he had feared the men would take his rifle and use it to attack others.
This is not the first time the teenager has spoken about destroying the firarem.
On a November 30 episode of the conservative podcast The Charlie Kirk show, he claimed that the gun was being "destroyed right now."
"We don't want anything to do with that," he added.
In a statement to the Associated Press, Rittenhouse's spokesperson David Hancock said: "At the end of the day, two people did lose their lives, period."
"That weapon was involved in that," Hancock added. "That weapon doesn't belong on a mantle. It doesn't belong in a museum. It belongs where Kyle wants it, and Kyle wants it destroyed.