Rosenbum said "shoot me nigga" to someone else at the gas station prior to his being shot. Rosenbum said "Fuck You" then Lunged and attempted to grab for the barrel of Kyles gun. He was shot in this moment of grabbing the gun.
"Dr. Kelley of the Milwaukee Medical Examiner’s Office conducted an autopsy on Joseph Rosenbaum. Dr. Kelley indicated that Rosenbaum had a gunshot wound to the right groin which fractured his pelvis, a gunshot wound to the back which perforated his right lung and liver, a gunshot wound to the left hand, a superficial gunshot wound to his lateral left thigh, and a graze gunshot wound to the right side of his forehead."
All testimony said Zilinsky shot in to the air not in the direction of Kyle or Rosenbum.
Kenosha Detective Martin Howard said at Rittenhouse's murder trial that a video showed protester Joshua Ziminski firing the first shot into the air. Defense attorneys argued that this shot made Rittenhouse think he was under attack, according to The Associated Press.