Waukesha Police Release More Information Regarding Christmas Parade Tragedy

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021 -- 8:07 AM

(AP) The SUV driver who plowed into a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing at least five people and injuring 48, was leaving the scene of a domestic dispute that had taken place just minutes earlier, Waukesha’s police chief said Monday.

Police Chief Dan Thompson said that there was no evidence the bloodshed Sunday was a terrorist attack or that the suspect, Darrell Brooks Jr., knew anyone in the parade.

Brooks acted alone, the chief said. Brooks, 39, of Milwaukee, had left the site of the domestic disturbance before officers arrived, and was not being chased by police at the time of the crash, according to the chief, who gave no further details on the dispute.

Police said they were drawing up five charges of intentional homicide against Brooks. Waukesha police say that all told, at least five people were killed and more than 40 hurt in the tragedy Sunday.

Doctors say 18 patients between the ages of 3 and 16 were taken to Children's Wisconsin Hospital. They include three sets of siblings. Those injured suffered serious head injuries, broken bones and scrapes on their faces, with six people operated on Sunday night and two more in surgery on Monday.

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