and then after he was detained, he was taken into our custody. reporter: did he say anything about why that s still ongoing. and this is a fluid investigation. what we do not want to do is jeopardize the integrity of this investigation at any point. right now our focus, the waukesha police department s focus, the city of waukesha s focus, is the families, the victims, and due process, right, because that s important. is this for the chief? go ahead. reporter: [ inaudible ] domestic situation, there may have been a knife involved, [ inaudible ] in the parade? we have no information that brooks knew anybody in the parade. but i will say this.
The incident Sunday night in which a man driving an SUV plowed into a Waukesha, Wisconsin crowd watching a Christmas parade was intentional, but not terrorism, local police officials told
questioning 39-year-old darrell brooks who has a decades long criminal history. authorities recovered the s.u.v. that rammed through the crowd. witnesses describe the scene as devastating and traumatic. somebody drove by in front of us and hit a whole crowd of kids. there were kids involved. my mom was trying to help one of them. one of the kids was turning purple and there was blood everywhere. the worst thing i ve ever seen in my life. people were laying in the road. i feel like i m watching a movie. i ve never seen anything this bad before. ben carson said the country just can t go on like this. years ago it would be unthinkable that somebody would take a vehicle and use it to injure and hurt people. but now it s the first thing we
a driver raced down a street crowded with marching bands, dance themes and hundreds of spectators leaving at least five people dead. 40 people injured including 12 children. this is america s newsroom. good morning. i m dana perino. bill: i m bill hemmer. brooks is in custody of he plowed that vehicle into the crowd prompting chaos and screams of terror. bill: first responders many taking part in the pair add itself rushing to provide medical aid. parents running through the streets looking for children. horrified witnesses describing they say was a surreal and fatal scene. people were laying over four or five blocks. i thought a drunk driver didn t stop but someone said they did it deliberately.
someone he knew or a family member. he s not from the area, but nearby. so that will come out. but fact that it was not a pursuit, but just a flee is interesting because that doesn t you would have more control say over your speed. i think the most important thing coming out of this in the way that we measure news and good news is that there is going to be no more press conference. it is not having national consequences in terms of terrorism or some racial issue. which people were speculating about yesterday. it is a tragedy for the community and for those of us who feel for such things, but they are closing this down as sort of a national event. which it has been for last 24 hours. yeah, commissioner, so again, the suspect is named darrell brooks, 39 years old, the police chief there said there was some disturbance prior to the event. why not put more details on that? i mean the community wants to