The driver who ploughed his car at speed into a crowd at a Christmas parade killing six people is set to be sentenced.
Families have spoken of their pain during the two-day sentencing hearing after the horror crash in Waukesha, Wisconsin, in the US.
Darrell Brooks Jr. ploughed into a crowd in the Milwaukee suburb on November 21, 2021, taking the lives of the six which included an eight-year-old boy.
"Rot slow," said Chris Owen. Owen is the son of Leanna Owen, one of the three Dancing Grannies killed at the parade tragedy.
He is due to be sentenced today and District Attorney Susan Opper previously asked Judge Jennifer Dorow for consecutive sentences in the manner Brooks "stacked victims up as he drove down the road".
What happened?
Waukesha's annual parade is supposed to bring residents together to celebrate the spirit of Christmas.
People gather on the suburb's Main Street, Pleasant Street and White Rock Avenue to watch marching bands, children, sports teams, parade floats and flash cars trundle past them on a Sunday afternoon.
As people enjoy life wrapped up in the bitter end-of-year air, many young families delight in the show before them, but the 2021 version turned into a terrible blood bath.
At around 4.39 pm, a red car was seen speeding towards the same parade in the same direction as a helpless police officer ran after it.
Another video showed the car rampaging down the street and narrowly missing a dancing young girl before steaming into its first victim.
Members of a marching band are then crashed into and the car slows down, but speeds up again as it hits a group of pompom dancers.
In harrowing footage, screams are heard just before the car hits the girls as people begin to run for their lives.
As the car continued on its fateful journey, it hit the Dancing Grannies group.
One victim was Jane Kulich, 52, and parade float driver Adam Bonesteel recalled how her body went onto the bonnet of the SUV, before hitting the ground.
It was at this point that Brooks ran her over again.
Bonesteel said: "At that point, I was just focused on the body on the ground. But I remember hearing the roar of the engine again."
More and more injured bodies began to line the street as Brooks attempted to make a getaway. Shots were fired by police and were reported injured.
At least 60 people were injured.
When was Brooks caught?
Less than a mile away from the scene where several injured people lay dying, Brooks' car was recovered near Carroll University.
He was arrested in a residential area later that evening and named as the suspect the following day.
Mere weeks before his November attack, the criminal who has a number of convictions to his name, had deliberately run a woman over.
Brooks argues that the fact he blew his horn at people at the parade and swerved around at people was a sign he had not meant to kill people.
He said: "I have never heard of someone intentionally trying to hurt someone while attempting to blow their horn, or attempting to alert people of their presence
Family pain
His "evil" acts have tormented families ever since the parade and they recounted how the vicious act tore apart their lives, leaving them anguished and scarred.
Heartbroken family members were given the chance to press their anguish at Brooks after he took the lives of innocent people.
Eight-year-old Jackson Sparks' mum Sheri said it "hurts to breathe sometimes" after Brooks "violently ripped Jackson from our lives."
"My mama's soul aches for him," she added, after she lost her son who was parading with the Waukesha Blazers at the time.
Her other son Tucker, 12, suffered a traumatic head and brain injury but blamed himself for not doing "more to protect his little brother."
The convicted killer is reported to have rolled his eyes at some of the brave speakers as his red Ford Escape was said to have hit children like "speed bumps".
Unapologetic despite the immense harm he cause, Brooks' behaviour during the trial saw him refusing to acknowledge his own name, interrupting Dorow on a number of occasions and refused to stop talking.
One interruption caused Brooks to apologise to the court, to which Dorow replied "I think the apology needs to be made to the victims, sir."
Frequently during the trial, the judge had bailiffs move the killer to a separate courtroom so she could mute his microphone.
Aliesha Kulich, 18, suffered the loss of her mum and her anger was obvious as she recounted the terrifying scene of children bleeding and screaming in the hospital.
"I've never felt so alone," Aliesha Kulich "I never thought I'd be capable of feeling this much pain in my life."
Brooks' conviction "doesn't do crap for me," Kulich said.
Several other people were injured and a jury convicted Brooks on 76 charges earlier this week There were 61 counts of reckless endangerment and six for first-degree intentional homicide
Away from the blood and chaos of the scene, physically unharmed parents and children were left with internal scars.
Jessica Gonzalez said her son was on the same team as Jackson Sparks and has suffered post-traumatic stress disorder, forcing her to leave her teaching job.
She said: "I found Jackson first. I saw his little body in his Blazers jersey. His eyes looking up. Looking nowhere. I knew he was hurt badly.
"The toll this event has taken on everyone, physical or not, is tremendous."
