Authorities have identified Darrell E. Brooks Jr., 39, as the man who drove an SUV through a Christmas procession in Waukesha , leaving several people dead and more than 40 injured.
A law enforcement official told The Washington Post that suspect Darrell Brooks, 39, was at the scene of a reported knife fight, then sped away in the red SUV when police arrived at that scene. Brooks was allegedly behind the wheel when it drove into the parade route.
Yellow crime tape snapping in the wind was unfurled for blocks past either end of the worst of the carnage. A handful of Wisconsin State Police and Waukesha officers walked the area, which includes several apartment buildings and residences above the Main Street businesses.“We saw an SUV speeding down the parade route,” Angelito Tenorio, who is running as a Democrat for Wisconsin state treasurer, told The Washington Post on Monday. “We didn’t know if this was an accident or a deliberate attack.
A police officer fired at the SUV in an attempt to stop it, said Thompson, the police chief. No bystanders were injured by the gunfire, he said, adding that authorities did not believe any shots were fired from the vehicle. Dan Schneiderman, owner of the local Vinyl Vault record store, said he was standing at the store window when it suddenly felt like things went into slow motion. as He said he “heard the thud thud thud” of people being hit “and the car screaming past.”“I ran out the door, and it was mass chaos. There were people running eastbound up Main Street screaming,” Schneiderman told The Post. “I started grabbing people. It’s a small sidewalk. Herding as much people in as I could.
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