Waukesha Massacre: As it happened per the criminal complaint

[Devil Child]

24. He most certainly intentionally drove into the parade Hoyt

At approximately 4:35 p.m., Detective Casey heard via the Waukesha police radio that a
reserve officer was informed by a citizen that two people were fighting in the area of White
Rock School. Squads were sent to that area to further investigate. A few minutes later,
Detective Casey heard a horn honking from an area north of his location. Detective Casey
went out onto White Rock Avenue to see where the horn sound was coming from. He
observed that White Rock Avenue was filled with parade participants, as was East Main Street.
He began to see people spreading apart and observed a red Ford Escape driving southbound
on White Rock Avenue. He observed people jumping out of the way of the red Ford Escape.
As the Ford Escape was at White Rock Avenue and East Main Street, Detective Casey
stepped in front of the Ford Escape and pounded on the hood of the vehicle and yelled
multiple times, “Stop.” Detective Casey was wearing a shirt with patches on both shoulders
that stated, “Waukesha Police”, as well as wearing a black hat with white letters on the front of
the hat which stated “Police”. Further, he was wearing a neon orange safety vest that stated
“Police” on the front and back of it.

The Ford Escape continued driving and turned westbound on East Main Street. At that time,
the vehicle was driving at a slow speed and the vehicle brushed Detective Casey back off of
the front of the car, causing him to be positioned down the driver’s side of the vehicle.
Detective Casey went to the driver’s side window and pounded on the driver’s side door
yelling, “Stop”. Detective Casey subsequently positively identified the driver of the Ford
Escape as Darrell E. Brooks, Jr., DOB: 2/21/82, hereinafter referred to as the defendant. The
defendant drove past Detective Casey and into the parade procession. Detective Casey
chased the vehicle to East Avenue on foot and he observed the vehicle begin to drive faster.
Detective Casey broadcast over the radio that the red Ford Escape had entered the parade
route and he needed squads to respond in an emergency fashion. A few seconds later,
Detective Casey heard on the police radio that the vehicle was striking people and was
continuing westbound on East Main Street.

While the defendant was driving westbound on East Main Street, he struck numerous
pedestrians, which included both parade participants and spectators located on the side of the
street.

It will make a difference in his sentence, as it should when one is charged with 5 counts of intentional homicide. Make that 6 for the newly deceased child.