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Thomas Elsman, father of Alyssa, 18, condemned the jury's verdict that Richard Rojas was not responsible for his crime by reason of insanity when he killed his daughter in 2017.
Wilmer Varas testified that his brother, Richard Rojas, 31, began developing mental health issues at the age of 11, fifteen years before the attack in Times Square at the age of 26.
The crash killed a woman and injured 22 others in 2017. The accused driver, Richard Rojas, claimed he had been smoking PCP-laced marijuana.
Surveillance video released by the Manhattan District Attorney's office shows a burgundy sedan making a sharp U-turn on 7th Street. The car then drives over the sidewalk.
Richard Rojas, 31, was well aware of the carnage he was causing by plowing through helpless tourists in 2017 visiting New York City's Times Square, the prosecutor told a Manhattan jury Monday.