More than 58 years in prison for a Brooklyn Park man convicted of killing five women in a high speed crash in south Minneapolis.
Prosecutors say 29-year old Derrick Thompson was driving over 100 miles an hour when he exited 35W at Lake Street and pummeled the car they were in on June 16th, 2023.
Cousins and friends, the Somali-American women had been running errands together to get ready for a friend’s wedding. The sentencing hearing included emotional victim impact statements from family members, including the older sister of 17-year old Sabiriin Ali, who was killed in the crash…