Waukesha Suspect’s Cross-Examination of Cop Who Fired on Car Falls Apart as the Officer Singles Him Out

A police officer gave a withering response to Waukesha Christmas parade attack suspect Darrell Brooks during Day 10 of Brooks’s trial.

Waukesha police officer Bryce Scholten said there was initially confusion as to what had taken place, according to WITI-TV.

“I started hearing radio traffic about a reserve officer or community service officer requesting an ambulance because someone had been hit,” Scholten said. “It was tough to piece all together. I didn’t know exactly what was going on.”

Scholten said he saw what he called a red blur come speeding along.

“I realized what had happened at that point. There was extreme damage to the vehicle that point. Damage you’d see in a traffic crash between two vehicles,” he said.

“At that point, between all the screaming I heard, everyone calling for ambulances and help, I knew now people had been hit by a vehicle,” he said.

Scholten said he “had to use deadly force” and shot at the vehicle. He said only one person was in the vehicle, and it was Brooks.

Brooks asked Scholten if he was “shooting to kill,” but Scholten said he was not.

“I’m trained to stop the threat. You were the threat,” Scholten told Brooks. “The vehicle was just what you were in and using.”