We reported on the press conference last night they had on the Waukesha Christmas parade attack and now they just had another one. This one confirmed some important information.
WATCH: Waukesha, Wisconsin official opens Monday press conference on the deadly Christmas parade attack w/a prayer for "those who've been entrusted into your eternal care," "comfort their loved ones…w/your loving grace" & "bless those who have been injured & grant them care." pic.twitter.com/ZohSViiIPD
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 22, 2021
Waukesha Police say Darrell Brooks "intentionally drove his maroon SUV through barricades into a crowd of people" at the Christmas parade
5 dead. 48 injured. pic.twitter.com/JaQ7swCWtI
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) November 22, 2021
Waukesha Police Chief Daniel Thompson said a lone subject intentionally drove his vehicle, killed five, and injured 48, two of whom are children and are in critical condition. The suspect was involved in a domestic disturbance shortly before the incident. One officer fired shots at the vehicle but did not fire more so as not to endanger other people because of the crowds.
The police said that they arrested the subject shortly after the incident, they are confident he acted alone, and there is no evidence this was a terrorist incident. The power outage was due to the wind yesterday. The police also said there was no pursuit that led up to this incident, as CBS had suggested about a fleeing suspect. So anyone trying to suggest something else is just promoting nonsense.
The police identified the fatalities, listing the names and ages. They were all older people.
Waukesha, WI police chief reveals the ages of the five who died in the deadly Christmas parade attack — four women of ages 52 (x2), 71, and 79 + one 81-year-old male pic.twitter.com/irO26lawb0
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 22, 2021
Victims were transported to six different hospitals. Police also noted that the number of people wounded might go up.
They now have named Darrell E. Brooks as the suspect, and have filed charges of intentional homicide against him. We previously reported that they had taken him into custody, some of his long record, as well as some of his social media. As we noted, he was out on bond from an incident that already involved bail jumping.
Responding to questions, police refused to say if Brooks had made any comments because they didn’t want to jeopardize the investigation. Police said there was a report about the domestic disturbance having to do with a knife but they didn’t have a chance to investigate that. The chief said Brooks drove right through the barricades.
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