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This man just committed mass murder and mercilessly ran over 50 innocent people in a single horrifying rampage.
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street unces. The race was on to catch the mass killer who committed this horrifying act, but
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he managed to flee on foot into a neighborhood. Little did he know his every movement was being recorded. And
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what would follow is the largest manhunt this town has ever seen. Hands up. Put your hands where I can see
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them. Put your hands. Daryl Brooks had been on the wrong side of the law since he was just 17 years
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old. He was clearly a troubled and disturbed individual, racking up charges of domestic abuse, reckless
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endangerment, and was even registered as [music] a sex offender. But all of this
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seemed to culminate in 2021. On the grand return of the Wauaaw Christmas parade following the pandemic, Daryl
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Brooks decided to ruin the lives of countless people as he took his anger out on the Christmas parade in a blind
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moment of rage. From the hour of 400 p.m., neighbors reported a violent argument coming from Daryl's house. He
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and his girlfriend weren't on the best of terms and would occasionally explode into fiery rose such as this one. Often,
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it'd be about their troubled relationship. And this one ended in physical violence toward his girlfriend
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and one of the most violent and senseless acts Wisconsin has ever seen. 30 minutes after the argument, Daryl
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exited his house and sped across the familiar roads towards the center of Wauaasha. And at 4:39, he reached the
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main street before plowing through the barricades to the Christmas parade at 40 mph. 5 seconds in, he claimed his first
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four victims, several members of the Dancing Granny's performance group. As he continued, he pressed on the
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accelerator, swerving to hit as many people as possible, killing an eight-year-old a few seconds later. This
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is when police and bystanders began to react, trying to clear the roads, warn others of the attack, and attempt to
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stop Daryl from driving. Thankfully, this worked to some extent, and only one more person was killed 10 seconds later.
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After a total of 30 seconds of the murder spree, Daryl sped out of the parade route, leaving 62 people injured
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behind him. Once he was out of the other side of the parade, Daryl fled roughly half a mile from the parade before
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abandoning his SUV near a house on Elizabeth Street about 6 minutes later. From there, he fled on foot. He even
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tried knocking on someone's door and claiming he was homeless, asking them to call an Uber for him. He was given a
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jacket and a sandwich before fleeing when he noticed police searching the area. Not long after, he was captured by
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a security camera, which helped the cops approximate his route and track him down. It's hard to see, but if you look
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closely at the top of this road, you can spot Daryl trying to inconspicuously navigate his way around Wakaot to escape
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the police. But given the scale of this event, the cops were dedicating all their resources to finding him. Cops set
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up a perimeter around where his SUV was found abandoned. Nobody was allowed in or out, meaning that if Daryl was here,
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they'd find him soon. Eventually, a resident spotted him hiding out in the woods, and the cops were able to narrow
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their search efforts considerably. After 6 hours into the manhunt, the cops located him at a house in a residential
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area and moved in to apprehend him. This is the body cam footage of that intense
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arrest. Get on the ground. Get on the ground. Do it now. Lay on your stomach. Robert, are you on?
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You guys don't want your name on it. No. Okay. Okay. I just use my phone call a little bit.
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Oh, okay. If everything turns out to be on the up and up, life will be good and you'll be on your
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way. All right. With Daryl in custody, the officers were able to begin questioning him. But
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quickly, they were forced to stop due to the fact the FBI wanted to take over this case. I've asked a former detective
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to analyze this interview, and he was able to give a deep dive into every influential moment. Prior to the
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investigation, the detectives involved already knew just about everything. They knew he was driving, that he didn't own
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the car, and that he had found the car key inside his pocket. What makes this interrogation so interesting, though, is
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that Daryl doesn't even know what he's being brought in for. Police never told him he was suspected of the parade
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killings. From the cop's perspective, this almost 5-hour long interrogation wasn't really to figure out if he did
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it, more so to see how Brooks would react. They wanted to see how much he'd lie and if he'd felt any remorse for
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what he'd done. That way that way. Uh, you show yours. There you go. All right. Show yours.
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Oh, you can drop your hand now, man. Thanks. Appreciate it. Holy [ __ ] How long you been out of work? Um,
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let's see. When did I get locked up? A few months. Anything to do with the pandemic that's
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been hit hard. That's the reason why. Yeah. Yeah. I bet. It made me smooth off. I got stuff lined
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up, though. So, yeah. What? Like, so like what? I'm probably going to go back. I was
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working at a sheet metal place. M, so I'm probably going to go back there. And do you stay at your Is it Is it your
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mom? You talked about your mom. Is it her address you stay at now? It's She owns the house. She owns the
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house. She owns the house. She doesn't stay there anymore, but she owns the house.
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Okay. She She has her own house. She's Yeah. You think we put your mom as emergency?
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The [music] detectives have already found the first indication that Brooks is willing to lie. If you haven't
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noticed, the extreme shoulder pain Brooks complained about earlier has miraculously vanished just a few minutes
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into the interview. He was able to move his arm effortlessly as if the pain never existed, something that would
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later be used as evidence in court. and his tendency to lie will become even more obvious as the detectives continue
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to divert his attention. When you left Stephanie, it was still daytime. It was still dangerous.
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Okay. Were there still a lot of people out? It was It was still people out. It was still people out. Um, not a lot
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in that area, but it was a [clears throat] lot of people out. And it was, like I said, it was people It
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was older couples walking down the street. It was younger people walking down the street. People
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like an event or something was going on. I I don't know, but it kind of seemed like it was a lot like it was something
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going on to where it was vibrant. How long was it between leaving Stephanie's and those cops yelling at
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you at the door of that guy's house? Was it dark when they yelled at you? Yeah, by the time they came, it was
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dark. Okay. But we had been sitting out there. We had been sitting out there for a minute.
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Me, me and the guy. Define how long? Uh, estimate 20 30 minutes maybe. We were sitting
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right there just like this. cuz you're sitting on the porch. Why? I call called me a Uber. I called the Uber. I said,
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"Look, man." I I let him know. I said, "Listen, I ain't trying to rob you or nothing like that." Cuz when I knocked
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on the door, he kind of was like, "Wo." I'm like, "Look, I don't got no weapons.
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I'm not trying to break in your house. I'm not trying to rob you." Daryl has clearly thought a lot about
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this alibi since he's managing to deliver a lot of very specific details. However, the officers already have
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mountains of evidence against Daryl and don't believe a word he's saying. As the
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interrogation continues, Daryl continues to lie until the cops have had enough. Let me ask you this, Dell. So, you
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weren't out You weren't out in WA Saturday, just Sunday. That's right. You're a part in the
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investigation. There's a lot of parts, right? And the investigation, there's well, this domestic abuse thing I'm
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talking about, right? You talked about being a, you know, a religious man. I can do better.
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I can definitely do better. We all could. I'm not. We all could. That's why That's why
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yesterday was a mistake. I should have just freaking watched the game and just [ __ ] went home.
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That's the thing. What What do they teach us in Christianity through that? They teach us that we're broken, right?
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We're sinners. You're a father. You got three children, 18, 14, and seven. Yes, sir.
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All right. You got a mama that raised you well, and a god you you believe in. Absolutely.
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All right. And all of them are here's the thing they'll all want is to tell you're telling the absolute whole truth
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and nothing but the truth, right? Absolutely. I just have concerns if I fact check
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that Derell's not telling me the truth. You don't have a car. So Marcus had to bring you out. You don't own a car. Your
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mom doesn't own a car, right? So why did we find you with a car key in your pocket?
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It wasn't in my pocket. I don't even know where they said that was laying on the ground. The car key in Daryl's
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pocket is a key part of this case as it shows that Daryl does in fact drive despite his statement to the officers.
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Knowing that he's quickly being backed into a corner, Daryl tries even harder to convince the officers of his
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innocence. But these officers had done their research and were about to take a different angle that would hopefully
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guilt him into confession. It's yours. It's your car key. I'm trying to be as open and honest with you as I can be.
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And I'm not calling you a terrible man. I'm not saying you were out yesterday hunting and just let me finish. But you
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did not walk to that house. You did not walk to that house. [music] You did not come here in a tania. You got a key in
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your pocket, your car, your mom's name. For the love of God, Marcus, for yourself, for your family. You know what
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happened yesterday for the people? Tell me what happened. With what? With the car.
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What am I being? With your mom's car. You're driving goofy. People called in. You drove out
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of there in your mom's car, the red car. You're driving a little silly, probably
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because you're pissed. You met up with Erica in the car at the park. She got in. You talk. And what you're telling me
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seems pretty consistent that there was nothing physical. I didn't put my hands on her. Nothing.
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But you met her in the car. What's going on, man? Asking a question. Just you were out there driving kind of
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crazy. Some people said you were driving kind of crazy. Daryl is heavily on the back foot now and has very little room
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to wiggle out of this one. Eventually, the pressure from the detectives would cause him to cave and admit that he was
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driving at the time. Now, choosing to change tactics and try to garner sympathy from the detectives, deflecting
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blame onto his girlfriend and an apparent alcohol problem. Erica, she's a sweetheart until she gets
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that alcohol. The alcohol is the problem. then you all type of asses and [music]
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I I'll have somebody touch you and uh I I'mma keep my daughter away from you and
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even my mom doesn't even like her around when she's drinking. I've never been with anyone that is as
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bad as what you're saying right there, but I think he can attest to it. We all we've all
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probably look like he did do it with some chicks, man, you know. So D, what were you thinking when you
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went driving through this parade? What am I facing? I don't have no problem talking with you guys.
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You got people You got people injured that I had to go to the hospital. So, they're saying I I injured somebody
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or you're saying I injured somebody. So, I'm looking at what? Reckless endangerment.
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The very least. Yeah. The very least. People got hurt. That's reckless endanger. I don't know exactly what
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they're going to classify it. Yeah. People had legs broken. Endangerment is where you may have hurt
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somebody by your actions. You did hurt somebody by your actions. You wanted information from us. We're
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sharing. I want you to watch it and see what's in it. Yeah. It's a good point. It's
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information sharing. Why do you want me to see that car? Why? Cuz they think it's important.
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Why is it important? Is it to make like what is it? Why don't you want to look? Everybody think
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Everybody knows what was going on. [music] There's our children right there. See those kids? See that little kid
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right there? You going to look at it? [music] You're too hurt? Yeah. Emotionally?
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No. Don't do that. Please [clears throat] don't. Don't do that. Don't do this. Please.
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The most shocking part about this interview is this moment when Daryl discovered what had actually happened to
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the [music] victims. Daryl didn't once ask about the victims or if anyone had lost their lives. Very likely because he
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had no remorse to give and was concerned only for himself. At this point, the detectives have successfully achieved
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the main objectives of the interview. to get Daryl to admit he was driving the car and to see if he had any remorse.
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The interrogation was exceptionally long to corroborate the strong evidence they
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already had and to acquire footage [music] that would persuade a jury that Daryl had no remorse, which is why they
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let him lie and portray himself as a selfish, evil man as much as possible. Boom.