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SUV plows into Christmas parade in Wisconsin

SUV plows into Christmas parade in Wisconsin
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we begin tonight with breaking news just
into us from waukesha wisconsin a
holiday parade turned to tragedy tonight
police say a red suv mowed down people
more than 20 were injured officials have
recovered a suspect vehicle and are now
looking at a person of interest people
within half a mile of downtown are being
told to shelter in place the event was
being live streamed on the city's
facebook page a red suv was seen racing
through the parade route though police
have not confirmed that this is the car
first responders then followed at high
speeds moments later abc's elwyn lopez
leads us off tonight
tonight horror unfolding at this
christmas parade in wisconsin right
outside milwaukee at 4 39 p.m police say
a red suv careened down the street
maroon ford escaped
witnesses say a driver plowed through
police barricades and slammed into a
crowd of people at the waukesha holiday
parade leaving more than 20 injured
officers transporting victims to the
hospital witnesses describing the
terrifying scene and then all of a
sudden i heard a loud bang
the vehicle
just struck a crowd of people on the
parade route and we heard
deafening cries and screams families
with young children stunned
i was so close to actively losing my
children
because children go into the road to get
the candy and they were saying that they
wanted to get candy it's just a split
second they could they could not be here
right now this video capturing the
moment a red vehicle flew by narrowly
missing a little girl dancing in the
street authorities haven't confirmed if
this is the vehicle suspected of driving
through the crowd
the city's facebook page streaming the
parade live you can see a red suv
speeding by the camera parade goers
screaming moments later police giving
chase and tonight police urging
residents to avoid the downtown area it
was very catholic very tragic incident
and my prayers and thoughts go out to
family members
just horrific elwynn lopez joins us now
and ellen what can you tell us about
that shelter in place order issued by
police just moments ago for anyone near
the downtown area
that's right lindsay police just issuing
that shelter in place order for anyone
within a half a mile radius of the
downtown area but haven't said why
authorities have also said that they've
located the suspect's vehicle and a
person of interest is being looked at
lindsey elwin thank you
hi everyone george stephanopoulos here
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