On Wednesday, prosecutors added 71 new fees towards Darrell Brooks Jr. for the tragedy throughout a Wisconsin Christmas parade final yr, based on a felony criticism.

Prosecutors charged Brooks with a number of counts of hit-and-run involving dying, battery, bail leaping, and reckless endangerment. When he was first charged, Brooks acquired six counts of murder two days after the parade.

On Nov. 21, Brooks allegedly drove a Ford Escape for 5 blocks by the parade route of Waukesha, a Milwaukee suburb. He killed six and harm dozens extra, based on the most recent felony criticism.

Brooks allegedly drove the SUV by the parade, crashing into individuals head-on, operating them over whereas they had been laying on the bottom, and leaned out his window to steer after somebody landed on his windshield, blocking his view, the felony criticism says.

The criticism says police estimate the SUV sped as much as 25 mph, with some individuals touchdown on the hood of the automobile, and Brooks persevering with to drive with them on.

"The entire victims who had been killed and most people that had been injured had been strolling proper down the center of the street in plain view," the criticism stated. "(The road) was clearly closed to site visitors, there have been barricades in place and police current to direct motorists for your entire size of the parade route."

Darrell Brooks Jr., New Charges, Multiple
Darrell Brooks (C) seems at Waukesha County Courtroom on Nov. 23, 2021, in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Brooks is charged with killing 5 individuals and injuring practically 50 after driving by a Christmas parade together with his SUV on Nov. 21, 2021. In response to a brand new felony criticism, Brooks even saved driving whereas some individuals landed on the hood of his automobile. Mark Hoffman/Pool/Getty Pictures

Simply minutes earlier than driving by the parade, Brooks beat up the mom of his little one as a result of she had not bailed him out of jail a number of days earlier after he was arrested for operating her over with the identical SUV, the criticism stated.

He is set to look in courtroom Friday for a preliminary listening to, the step within the felony justice course of the place a decide decides whether or not there's sufficient proof to proceed to trial.

Brooks' ex-girlfriend informed investigators that he broke her leg when he ran her over in early November. He walked out of jail two days earlier than the parade after posting $1,000 bail.

The girl informed investigators that the day of the parade, she met Brooks at a Waukesha park and received into the SUV, the place they argued about why she did not bail him out of jail. He drove her round, steering with one hand and punching her within the face with the opposite, the criticism filed Wednesday stated.

Minutes after she received out of the SUV, he drove drove into the parade, based on the criticism.

The ex-girlfriend added that the Escape belonged to Brooks' mom however that he lived within the automobile.

After he went by the parade, Brooks drove by a yard, the criticism stated. He deserted the SUV and requested a home-owner to assist him. Police captured him at that home.

Brooks' lawyer, public defender Jeremy Perri, did not reply to a message searching for remark.

Milwaukee County District Lawyer John Chisholm has taken intense criticism for permitting his workplace to suggest Brooks' bail be set at $1,000 within the home violence case. Chisholm had stated that was a mistake, made by an overworked assistant prosecutor who by no means noticed an analysis of the hazards Brooks might pose to the neighborhood as a result of the evaluation was by no means entered into the district lawyer's workplace's laptop system.

The Related Press contributed to this report.