Overview

• Thompson faces 15 felony counts, including third-degree murder and criminal vehicular homicide for the June 2023 Lake Street crash that killed five Somali-American women.
• Prosecutors showed graphic video of the Cadillac Escalade exiting I-35W at high speed and running a red light before colliding with the victims’ Honda Civic.
• State Trooper Andres Guerra testified he clocked the rented Escalade at 95 mph, saw it weaving without activated lights and pursued it until the crash occurred.
• Defense attorney Tyler Bliss challenged the state’s evidence of Thompson as the driver and previewed plans to argue that his brother, Demarco Thompson, was at the wheel.
• The trial resumes Friday with additional witnesses and presentation of surveillance and forensic evidence.