As the Waukesha, Wisconsin, community grapples with the horrible tragedy at Sunday’s Christmas parade, residents honored the victims with a vigil Monday.
At least five people were killed and more than 40 others wounded when an SUV plowed into a crowd gathered at the Milwaukee suburb's annual holiday parade over the weekend.
An 81-year-old man, a 79-year-old woman and a 71-year-old woman were among the five killed, police said at a news conference. The other victims were two 52-year-old women. Members of the “Milwaukee Dancing Grannies” club were among those killed, as was an employee of Citizens Bank.
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Another 48 people were hurt when the suspect "intentionally drove his maroon SUV through barricades into a crowd of people," police said.
At least nine patients — most of them children — were listed in critical condition Monday at two hospitals, and seven others were reported in serious condition.
