Rob Olson

3 weeks ago | fox9.com | Rob Olson

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - A Minneapolis Police investigator spent hours on the stand Tuesday, presenting various videos to prove Derrick Thompson was the one driving the Cadillac Escalade that slammed into a Honda Accord and killed all five women inside. Sgt. David Ligneel showed videos from the rental car ramp at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, showing Thompson and his brother arriving in a car and both walking inside.

3 weeks ago | fox9.com | Rob Olson

Derrick Thompson is accused of hitting and killing five women in a crash in Minneapolis back in 2023. Monday in court, they showed body camera footage from the crash and we heard from a victim's father. MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - As Derrick Thompson was led in handcuffs to be shown to a woman who saw the man who left the driver’s seat of a Cadillac Escalade, he repeatedly asked her to "say it wasn’t me." She did say it was Thompson she saw that night. And she also testified to that last week.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Rob Olson

The BriefThe third day of Derrick Thompson’s murder trial included dramatic video of Thompson’s rented SUV going 95 miles an hour on I-35W. Jurors also saw multiple videos showing the crash on Lake Street that killed five young women. Body camera videos also showed Thompson limping after he was taken into custody, but pleading with eyewitnesses to tell police it wasn’t him.

4 weeks ago | fox9.com | Rob Olson

Opening statements started Thursday in the trial of Derrick Thompson, the son of a former Minnesota lawmaker charged with murder in a deadly crash in Minneapolis that claimed the lives of five young women nearly two years ago. MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The opening statements were short and to the point. A Hennepin County prosecutor told jurors the evidence is clear that 29-year-old Derrick Thompson was the one behind the wheel.

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Rob Olson

The BriefDerrick Thompson, 29, is charged with 15 counts of criminal vehicular homicide and 3rd degree murder. The prosecutor told jurors the evidence is clear that Thompson was driving a rented SUV at more than 90 miles an hour and slammed into a car at the intersection on Lake Street in Minneapolis, killing 5 young women. Thompson’s defense attorney told jurors the evidence will show Thompson’s brother may have been driving.