A judge has ruled that the rifle Kyle Rittenhouse used to kill two people will be destroyed.
As reported earlier this month, the 19-year-old's legal team requested the release of his AR-15 firearm, so that it could be destroyed and no one can use it to "celebrate" the shootings, per Insider.
It comes after the teenager 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.
Rittenhouse's trial divided the nation, with some people viewing the teen as a patriotic hero, and others believing him to be a careless vigilante.
The rifle in question was seized by police after Rittenhouse - who was 17 at the time of the fatal riot - shot and killed Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, as well as injuring Gaige Grosskreutz.
According to a court filing earlier this month, Rittenhouse requested the return of the rifle "to ensure that the firearm in question is properly destroyed."
On Friday, as ABC News reports, state prosecutors, the defense, and the individual who purchased the gun all agreed to allow the Kenosha Police Department and Kenosha Joint Services to destroy the rifle, as well as its accompanying scope and magazine.
Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger added that the rifle would not be released to anybody, so that it "will not be in anyone's possession."
The ruling was agreed upon by Kenosha County Judge Bruce Schroeder.
Binger noted that the destruction of the weapon is likely to take place in April and will be recorded.
Milwaukee ABC affiliate WISN reports that, for now, the weapon will remain locked away at the Kenosha Police Department's secure evidence bureau.
On the November 30 episode of the conservative podcast The Charlie Kirk show, Rittenhouse claimed that the gun was being "destroyed."
"We don't want anything to do with that," he added.
Additionally, in a statement to the Associated Press, the teen'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."