Matthias episcopal church in waukesha witnessed the incident. and we can speak to him now. give us an idea what it was like down there and the reaction to the awful scenes. down there and the reaction to the awful scenes- awful scenes. this is our annual christmas awful scenes. this is our annual christmas parade, awful scenes. this is our annual christmas parade, the - awful scenes. this is our annual christmas parade, the 58th i awful scenes. this is our annual. christmas parade, the 58th annual parade we have done here. it was actually very celebratory affair. lastly we did not have the christmas parade at all because of covid 19. it was a0 minutes into the parade. a0 minutes in and my church is right at the beginning of the parade route. there are stages and it starts off. at that point, a red car came in from the right. we found out later it had basically gone through police barriers further down main street, came into main street. as it passed the church at high speed, the d
At the vehicle to try to stop it. officials say no bystanders were injured as a result. the car has since been recovered and one person is in custody. today, our community faced horror and tragedy in what should have been a community celebration. i m deeply saddened to know that so many in our community went to a parade but ended up dealing with injury and heartache. the white house says it s monitoring the situation and the fbi is helping the local authorities with their investigation. reports suggest the suspect was fleeing another scene, possibly a knife fight, when he ran into people at the parade. this was the town s first holiday parade after months of restrictions because of covid. but it ended in tragedy. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. reverend david simmons from st matthias episcopal church in waukesha was part of the parade and witnessed the incident.