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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWaukesha SUV driver was fleeing domestic disturbance, faces 5 counts of intentional homicide
The driver of an SUV that hurtled through a barricade and slammed into a Christmas parade in suburban Waukesha on Sunday was fleeing from a domestic disturbance moments before he killed at least five people and injured more than 40 others, police said.
Waukesha Police Chief Dan Thompson said Monday that Darrell Brooks Jr., 39, was fleeing a domestic disturbance with a report of a knife when he rammed into the parade. Brooks was not being chased, Thompson said. He will be charged with five counts of intentional homicide, Thompson added.
The deceased victims' ages range from 52 to 81 years old. Thompson said 48 others were injured in the crash, which was captured on the city's livestream as the car rammed struck high school band, children's dance group and the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies.
Local hospital officials said earlier Monday at least six children remain in critical condition. Children's Wisconsin Hospital received 18 patients from the ages of 3 to 16, including three sets of siblings, doctors say.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/11/22/waukesha-wisconsin-christmas-parade-updates/8716684002/
EYESORE 9001
(25,908 posts)Damn shame that warning signs had been ignored for a long time.
AkFemDem
(1,823 posts)Every time someone identifies him and points to his public records rap sheet in any discussion about this here- now that the police chief has publicly IDed this POS.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)An 81 year old woman out there having the time of her life...I hope that pos rots in hell.
Devil Child
(2,728 posts)Years of working trauma in a pediatric emergency department has given me first hand knowledge of what a vehicle can do to a tiny body and the childs family.
This was an act of evil.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)evil. Yes, I can't stand to think about the children either.
But imagining the 79 year old and the 81 year old living that long to be crushed by a sick, sad, useless creep just infuriates me to no end.
mzmolly
(50,978 posts)MenloParque
(512 posts)MissB
(15,803 posts)BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)Those poor parents.
tenderfoot
(8,425 posts)but that wasn't enough to keep off the street.
IbogaProject
(2,789 posts)I wish our criminal justice system was more into fighting assault rather than just going for the easy "drug" cases.
LAS14
(13,769 posts)BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)weapon charges are!
40 other people injured...children critical?
rollin74
(1,971 posts)from a case involving a minor in 2006
currently listed as a non-compliant Tier 2 sex offender
malaise
(268,713 posts)This man is an anti-social monster
mzmolly
(50,978 posts)malaise
(268,713 posts)Good effin' grief!
mzmolly
(50,978 posts)get more vile.
WarGamer
(12,358 posts)He simply left one crime scene and decided to start another.