Prosecutors said they would bring an additional first degree intentional homicide charge forward against the suspect
Darrell Books was charged with five counts of first degree intentional homicide at his first court appearance Tuesday after he allegedly drove into a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, killing five people at the scene and injuring over 60 others on Sunday.... [+]
Wisconsin on November 22, 2021, the day after a vehicle drove through a Christmas parade killing five people. - US authorities identified the driver suspected of plowing into a Christmas parade in the Midwestern city of Waukesha, killing at least five and wounding dozens, as media reported he was fleeing a knife fight.
The criminal complaint alleges Brooks drove slowly toward the parade at first, but ignored a cop’s pleas to “stop,” and sped up driving toward the parade procession. The complaint alleges officers witnessed Brooks drive past multiple street exits that he could have turned into to get out of the parade route, but he continued to stay within it, accelerating and “moving side to side,” striking multiple people. said Monday. Police believe Brooks was fleeing the scene of a domestic disturbance prior to the parade incident, and there’s no evidence that the crash was a terror attack or that Brooks had any connection to those who attended the parade.
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