Waukesha Death Toll Rises to 6 as Suspect Is Ordered Held on $5 Million Bail
The New York Times
The Waukesha County district attorney said “there are not words to describe the risk” posed by the man accused of driving through a Christmas parade in Wisconsin and striking dozens.
WAUKESHA, Wis. — The reserve police officer radioed in with an alarming report. Two people witnessed a fight, possibly involving knives, outside the Rotary Building at a riverfront park in Waukesha, Wis.
Within seconds, several officers said they would head there. The dispatcher told them to hurry. But when the first patrolman arrived, near the spot where kayaks are rented out in less frigid months, whatever fight might have happened was over.
“I’m by the Rotary Building and the baseball diamond,” the officer said, his voice calm. “There’s nothing here.”
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