The only defense presented by Derrick John Thompson in his murder trial is that his brother, Damarco Thompson, was driving the Cadillac Escalade that crashed into a Honda Civic and killed five ...

A traffic camera showed Derrick Thompson’s SUV, upper left, on the night of June 16 after it crashed into a car heading west on Lake Street in Minneapolis. All five people in the car were killed.

Thompson also faces state charges of criminal vehicular homicide and third-degree murder. On Oct. 11, Derrick Thompson, the son of former Minnesota state Rep. John Thompson, was found guilty of ...

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Derrick Thompson has been in federal custody at the Sherburne County Jail since Dec. 18, when he was arraigned in federal court. A jury trial in that case is scheduled for Oct. 7.

Derrick Thompson’s defense counsel has tried to pin the crash on Damarco. Before Damarco was called on Wednesday, attorneys agreed that he wouldn’t be charged for things he said in his testimony.

Derrick John Thompson was driving this car when he hit and permanently injured a pedestrian in 2018 in Montecito, Calif. He was sentenced to eight years in prison but served a fraction of that.

Derrick John Thompson, 27, faces five counts of criminal vehicular homicide and five counts for leaving the scene of the crash. Skip to Main Content Skip to audio player to listen live ...

Derrick John Thompson, 27, of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, was evaluated at a hospital and then booked into the Hennepin County Jail on Monday in the aftermath of Friday’s crash.