Several victims (at least five dead) and many injured: this is the provisional toll of the massacre at the Christmas parade of Waukesha, about thirty kilometers west of Milwaukee. Sunday afternoon (night in Italy), a red sports SUV broke through the barricades and crashed into the crowd at great speed: about twenty people were affected, and eleven adults and 12 children were taken to hospital, city police chief Dan Thompson, who declined to provide further details on the victims, said at a press conference “until all families have been informed. “.
The investigation is still ongoing, e it cannot yet be ruled out that it was a terrorist act (although not considered the most likely hypothesis) but the vehicle was recovered and a person was stopped. It would be a 39 year old, Darrell Brooks Jr., who allegedly was stopped in his Milwaukee habit (police, however, have not yet confirmed). His identity document was found in the red Ford Escape that swept the crowd during the massacre at the Christmas parade. The man, who uses the stage name MathBoi Fly, calls himself rapper, music producer and philosopher, and he has a very long criminal record which also includes domestic violence. He had been out of prison for two days, with a $ 1,000 bond. According to police department sources, Darell Brooks was fleeing a stabbing.
Jason Kellner, 49, told al New York Times who had just seen his son pass by, a drummer in the music band of the Waukesha South High School, when the red Ford Escape swooped into the crowd and “started mowing people down.” “I have never felt worse“, has explained. “I was wondering what I would find once I reached my son. Right now, I’m just angry: it seems that wherever we turn, there is another day of violence in the United States. “
For Tyler Kotlarek, 28, “it was worst thing i have ever seen in my life»: The driver – he said – seemed to intentionally go towards the crowd. “It went from side to side, targeting people».
Angelito Tenorio, a candidate for the position of state treasurer and city councilor for the nearby town of West Allis, had just finished the march in the parade when he saw the SUV speeding along the route. “Suddenly I heard a loud bang, then I heard screams and deafening screams. It was very heartbreaking, ”he explained. “Lpeople ran away, leaving their belongings behind, sobbing».
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