The FBI is investigating whether the person who caused the run over in a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, with at least five dead and 40 injured, escapes from another criminal incident, specifically a knife fight, according to official sources.
Federal authorities have identified the only one arrested in the incident as Darrell Brooks, a 39-year-old man from Wisconsin, who is currently considered only as a person of interest in the case, as confirmed by five police sources to NBC News, the sister network of Noticias. Telemundo.
Brooks
is being questioned
in connection with the incident, but has not been formally suspected of causing it.
Chairs on a street in downtown Waukesh after a car rammed participants in a Christmas parade on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. John Hart / AP
The investigation is still in a
very early stage
, but for now it has been ruled out that the attack is a terrorist act or retaliation for the not guilty verdict issued last Friday in the trial against Kyle Rittenhouse, sources close to NBC News told to the inquiries.
The
scenes of horror and panic
filmed by those who attended the Waukesha Christmas parade on Sunday, in which many children participated, have shocked the entire country.
[At least 5 dead and more than 40 injured after car hit a Christmas parade in Wisconsin]
The SUV
went through the barricades
installed by the authorities as a protective measure, receiving several shots from the security forces to try to stop its driver, and ended up entering the parade at full speed, taking a group of people ahead.
For now there are five dead and more than 40 injured, although it is not ruled out that the figure may rise in the next few hours.
The authorities have not revealed the identities of the victims, nor in what state the injured are.
The Milwaukee Dancing Grannies group, which participated in the parade, said that several of its components died as a result of the impact.
"They were very passionate. Their eyes shone with the joy of being grandmothers. They were the glue [of the group] ... they kept us together," they said in a message posted on their Facebook account.
Angelito Tenorio, a West Allis town councilman running for Wisconsin state treasurer, said he was enjoying the parade with his family when he saw a speeding car appear.
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"We
heard
a loud bang," Tenorio said in an interview with CNN, "and after that
we only heard deafening screams from the crowd
, from the people in the parade. And people started running, running away with tears in their eyes, crying. "he added.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Monday ordered the flags to be
flown at half mast
in mourning over the tragedy.
