STORIES AND MORE ON THIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD 2021. ♪
HAPPENING TODAY, THE MAN
ACCUSED OF DRIVING THROUGH A
CHRISTMAS PARADE IN WAUKESHA,
WISCONSIN, KILLING 5 AND
INJURING DOZENS WILL APPEAR
BEFORE A JUDGE. DARRELL BROOKS
FACES 5 COUNTS OF INTENTIONAL
HOMICIDE WITH MORE CHARGES
POSSIBLE. GOOD MORNING,
EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR
CHOOSING US THIS MORNING.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT BROOKS
WAS INVOLVED IN A DOMESTIC
DISTURBANCE EARLY SUNDAY AND
SMASHED THROUGH BARRICADES
WHEN POLICE TRIED TO STOP HIM.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: BROOKS WAS
OUT ON BOND AFTER POLICE SAY
HE RAN OVER THE MOTHER OF HIS
CHILD EARLIER THIS MONTH. HE
HAS A LENGTHY CRIMINAL HISTORY
WITH CHARGES DATING BACK TO
1999, IF CONVICTED ON THE
INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE CHARGES
HE COULD FACE UP TO LIFE IN
PRISON RIGHT NOW. AT LEAST 9
PEOPLE ARE STILL IN THE
HOSPITAL WITH CRITICAL
INJURIES. MOST OF THEM
CHILDREN, 4 WOMEN AND ONE MAN
WERE KILLED. THEY RANGED IN
AGE FROM 52 TO 81. 2 WERE PART
OF THE MILWAUKEE DANCING
GRANNIES.
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GRANNIES. ♪ >> SORENSON.
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♪ TO >>JENNIFER WAUGH: HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE TOOK PART IN A VIGIL
LAST NIGHT HONORING THOSE
IMPACTED BY THE TRAGEDY. THE
CITY’S MAYOR DESCRIBES THE
PARADE AS A NORMAN ROCKWELL
TYPE OF EVENT THAT BECAME A
NIGHTMARE.
>> NIGHTS WHERE WE DON’T AGREE
AND MORE FOR LOST.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: FLAGS WHAT
THE GOVERNOR SAYS FLAGS WILL
BE FLOWN AT HALF-STAFF ON THE
DAYS WHEN FUNERALS FOR THE
VICTIMS TAKE PLACE.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: CHRIS NGUYEN
JOINS ME NOW LIVE FROM
WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN. GOOD
MORNING, CHRIS. THE BIG
UNKNOWN REMAINS WHAT MAY HAVE
CAUSED THE DRIVER TO PLOW
THROUGH THE PARADE. WE DON’T
KNOW WHY.
>> THAT’S RIGHT. FOR HIS
MOTIVE REMAINS UNCLEAR. BUT AS
YOU TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THE
SUSPECT IN THIS CASE, DARRELL
BROOKS JUNIOR NOW FACES 5
COUNTS OF INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE
AND IS EXPECTED TO MAKE HIS
FIRST COURT APPEARANCE LATER
THIS AFTERNOON. NOW THEY THAT
OFFICIALS BELIEVE THAT HE WAS
FLEEING ANOTHER CRIME SCENE, A
DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE BEFORE
MAKING HIS WAY OVER TO THE
PARADE ROUTE HERE ON MAIN
STREET MAIN STREET. THIS IS
WHERE WE’RE LOCATED THIS
MORNING. AND AUTHORITIES
BELIEVE HE PLOWED THROUGH THE
POLICE BARRICADES THEN MADE
HIS WAY ONTO THE PARADE ROUTE
WHERE HE STRUCK A NUMBER OF
FOLKS, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF
THE MILWAUKEE DANCING
GRANNIES, A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL
MARCHING BAND AND A CHILDREN’S
DANCE
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: CHRIS HAS
PASSED IS VERY TELLING. THE
SUSPECT HAS BEEN CHARGED IN
THE PAST 3 TIMES IN LESS THAN
2 YEARS WITH RECKLESSLY
ENDANGERING OTHERS. IN FACT,
IN THE MOST RECENT CASE, A
WOMAN TOLD POLICE HE
PURPOSEFULLY RAN HER OVER WITH
HIS VEHICLE. WELL, SHE WAS
WALKING THROUGH A GAS STATION
PARKING LOT AFTER HE HAD
FOLLOWED HER THERE AFTER A
FIGHT.
>> THAT’S RIGHT. FOR YEARS,
OFFICIALS SAY THAT THAT IS THE
MOTHER OF HIS CHILD. AND SO
THE SUSPECT DOES HAVE A
CRIMINAL HISTORY. AND THE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE HAD
SAID THAT HE WAS OUT ON BOND.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF
QUESTIONS REMAIN AS TO YOU
KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT THAT BOND
WAS SET TOO LOW ORIGINALLY IN
THAT CASE. AND SO YOU WILL BE
FOLLOWING THESE DETAILS AGAIN.
HE’S EXPECTED TO MAKE HIS
FIRST COURT APPEARANCE LATER
THIS AFTERNOON.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: I UNDERSTAND
THE WALK SHOWS A CLOSE KNIT
COMMUNITY. ARE YOU FINDING IT
DIFFICULT TO FIND SOMEONE NOT
AFFECTED BY THIS TRAGEDY?
>> THAT’S A REALLY GREAT
QUESTION. BRUCE. THIS
COMMUNITY IS ABOUT 20 MILES
WEST OF MILWAUKEE POPULATION.
ROUGHLY 75,000 A VERY TIGHT
KNIT COMMUNITY. EVERYONE SEEMS
TO KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS
CONNECTED TO THIS STRATEGY.
FOLKS ARE OUT HERE TRYING TO
ENJOY WHAT YOU KNOW WAS
TYPICALLY THE UNOFFICIAL START
TO THE HOLIDAY SEASON HERE IN
TOWN WITH THIS ANNUAL PARADE.
WE ARE THOSE SEEING THE
COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER BEHIND
ME. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE
CANDLES THAT BEEN SET OUT FOR
THE VICTIMS DOWN THE STREET.
WE’RE SEEING MORE BUSINESSES
OPEN UP THIS MORNING, AT LEAST
GETTING READY TO YOU KNOW,
THEY WERE SPENDING THE DAY
YESTERDAY, KIND OF, YOU KNOW,
TRYING TO PROCESS WHAT HAS
HAPPENED THAT WAS UNFOLDING
HERE. BUT WRITING SIGNS OF
SUPPORT ON THEIR WINDOWS. I
SAW THE WAUKESHA, UNITED ON A
NUMBER OF STORE FRONTS. AND SO
AS THIS MOVES FORWARD, THE
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AS WELL
AS THE UNITED WAY. THEY HAVE
TEAMED UP TO CREATE A
COMMUNITY FUND TO HELP SUPPORT
THE VICTIMS AND THOSE IMPACTED
BY THIS HORRIFIC TRAGEDY.
BRUCE? CHRIS, THANK YOU VERY