Darrell Brooks Jr. allegedly beat up his ex-girlfriend – and gave her a black eye and a cut up lip – within the minutes earlier than he plowed his SUV by way of the group of revelers at a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wis., killing six and injuring dozens extra.
Brooks, 39, was "very upset and angry" together with his ex-girlfriend as a result of he thought she was speaking to different males when he started driving erratically and bodily attacking the girl shortly after 4 p.m. on Nov. 21, 2021, she instructed police.
New particulars surrounding the horror had been revealed in a second amended grievance, filed late Wednesday in Waukesha County Courtroom. The grievance notes the addition of 71 extra fees in opposition to the profession prison, who was already going through six counts of first-degree intentional murder.
Waukesha parade suspect Darrell Brooks arrives in court docket for his arraignment.
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Brooks gave his ex one other black eye the day earlier than, she stated, and he was out on bail after allegedly punching her within the face and working her over together with his crimson Ford Escape on Nov. 2.
Forward of the assault, she stated he was additionally verbally abusive and tried to steal her cellphone.
Brooks is presently being held on $5 million money bond and is due again in Waukesha court docket on Friday morning. The brand new fees in opposition to him embrace first-degree recklessly endangering security with using a harmful weapon; hit-and-run leading to demise; felony bail leaping; and misdemeanor home abuse.
In Brooks’ solely remarks from behind bars, he instructed Unique News Digital that he felt "demonized" and "dehumanized."
Darrell Brooks, Jr. reserving photograph (Waukesha Sheriff’s Division)
(Waukesha Sheriff’s Division)
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The 32-page doc supplies a glimpse into the moments main as much as the phobia, which started at round 4:40 p.m. on Nov. 21.
At round 4 p.m., Brooks had scared his ex by beating her up within the automobile and driving erratically – with one hand on the wheel and the opposite smacking her within the face, in accordance with the amended grievance.
Her proper leg was nonetheless in a boot on the time, as a result of three weeks earlier, Brooks allegedly ran her over at a gasoline station.
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As he drove round, hitting her and shouting, she stated she received scared, received out of the automobile at a crimson gentle and known as her mates for assist – however he circled again within the automobile and shouted at her out the window.
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Police later obtained surveillance video, taken round 4:30 p.m., displaying Brooks outdoors the car stepping into an argument together with his ex and two unidentified mates.
"One friend attempted to calm the situation but Brooks pushed the other friend in the face and then got into his SUV," the grievance reads.
Eight minutes later, police witnessed Brooks drive into the parade route.
Six parade-goers died, together with an 8-year-old boy and an 81-year-old man, and dozens extra had been injured. The deceased victims had been recognized as Jackson Sparks, 8; Tamara Durand, 52; Jane Kulich, 52; LeAnna Owen, 71; Virginia Sorenson, 79; and Wilhelm, 81.
Days earlier than the assault, Brooks was launched from a Milwaukee jail on what prosecutors later described as "inappropriately low" bail regardless of a 50-page rap sheet and open warrant out of Nevada for skipping court docket on intercourse crime fees.
Brooks can also be a registered little one intercourse offender in Nevada and served time in Georgia for beating his ex, data present.
He already confronted as much as life in jail earlier than prosecutors introduced a further 71 new fees in opposition to him Wednesday. Initially he confronted six counts of intentional first-degree murder. The brand new fees embrace dozens of counts of reckless endangerment, six for deadly hit-and-runs, two bail leaping felonies and, in reference to allegedly beating his ex, two extra home violence fees.
Brooks has been out and in of prison court docket for greater than 20 years, serving time in jail and racking up convictions for home violence, little one intercourse crimes, firearms, medicine and battery.
Milwaukee District Legal professional John Chisholm has introduced an investigation into his personal workplace for recommending the determine that Courtroom Commissioner Cedric Cornwall agreed to.
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