The prosecution made closing statements in the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial, at a court hearing in Kenosha on Monday.

"This is a case in which a 17 year old teenager killed two unarmed men and severely wounded a third person with an AR15 that did not belong to him," said prosecutor Thomas Binger.

"This is not a situation where he was protecting his home or his family; he killed people after travelling here from Antioch, Illinois, and staying out after a city-wide curfew," he added.

Eighteen-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse is accused of shooting three men during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, who was left paralysed.

The three victims were Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum, who were killed, and Gaige Grosskreutz, who was seriously wounded.