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Derrick John Thompson was sentenced to 58½ years in prison Thursday for running a red light at more than 100 mph in south Minneapolis and crashing into a sedan, killing five young women.
Guilty verdict in Derrick Thompson trial brings mixed emotions 02:08. A jury found Derrick Thompson guilty of killing five young women in a high-speed south Minneapolis crash in June of 2023.
Thompson had already been found guilty on federal charges related to guns and drugs found inside his SUV. “Mr. Thompson has now forced these families to go through not one, but two trials after ...
A jury found Thompson guilty on five counts of third-degree murder and 10 counts of criminal vehicular homicide for the deaths of five young women in a Minneapolis car crash in June 2023. (Aaron ...
‘We feel relief’: Derrick Thompson found guilty in Minneapolis crash that killed five young women. Nick Ferraro, Pioneer Press. Fri, June 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM UTC. 6 min read.
The criminal complaint says the 29-year-old Thompson was speeding down I-94 in a rented SUV the night of June 16, 2023, when a state trooper clocked him doing 95 mph and began a pursuit. Thompson ...
Damarco Thompson told jurors that he went with Derrick to the car rental agency at Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport on the day of the crash but that they each left in separate vehicles.
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