bystanders also transported additional personnel, additional victims to the hospital. at this time we believe 48 people were treated at local hospitals. the number might increase based on information being gathered. like chief thompson, i also had an opportunity, did respond to the incident. got there a little bit after the chief did. based on my observations, very, very overwhelmed by the response of the community to this tragedy. people banded together to do the best they could to deal with this incident. last night going out and visiting the fire stations and the people that responded overwhelmingly our personnel express their sincere thanks for everyone who stepped up and assisted with the treatment of the citizens that were injured.
victims to the hospital. fire department transported multiple victims. officers picked up victims and put them into squad cars and rush them to the hospital. there was also off-duty law enforcement, fire and ems personnel that were attending this event who immediately got involved in took part in saving lives. i want to thank our community partners. i want to dispel some rumors. there was no pursuance that led up to this incident. this is not a terrorist event. i want to thank our first responder partners. it s a long list and i apologize. we apologize if i forgot to
he was just freed on bail three days prior to this happening. one has to also ask what he was doing and was able to carry out this horrible crime. it s remarkable to the district attorney s office has said that he should event held on higher bail. it s of the early stages of this. it s clearly a problem. what he was thinking when the incident happened is going to be central to this. you look at the raw video footage of him not only mowing down been driving over people. all he had to do was stop that car, just stop doing what he was doing. the intent to murder was clearly there after he had the first person. this is a very serious case. this guy should have been separated from society. we learned in the 90s that these individuals who commit violent crimes, the only way to stop further victimization is to lock them up.
we are dealing with five counts of intentional first degree homicide. please be mindful of those when you ask questions. can you tell us about the arrest. where was he located? was there an incident? was he injured? did he say anything about what led up to it or what happened? first of all, five questions in that one question. i m going to do my best to try to answer that. we can tell you the investigation indicates there i- there isn t any type of national terrorism. there was a incident between the suspect and another individual. at a different location prior to the incident. shortly after this tragedy occurred, officers immediately identify the suspect vehicle and shortly after that they
the tragic trick of the suspect involved, darrell brooks the suspect of the tragic incident, darrell brooks. counts of homicide, additional charges based on the investigation that will come in time. there are many roads in the downtown area that are close to as investigators work through the crime scene. those roads have since been opened. i will say minutes after the incident occurred, i responded to the scene and what i saw out of the chaos and tragedy was heroes. first responders in the community working together on triaging victims, the fire department, working in partnership with the fire department, getting these