Derrick Thompson has been found guilty on all 15 charges for causing the death of five women in a horrific car crash in Minneapolis

Thompson was traveling at speeds of up to 100 mph in an SUV rented from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on the evening of June 16, 2023, when he exited I-35W at Lake Street and ran a red light.

He smashed into a vehicle carrying Sahra Gesaade, 20, Salma Abdikadir, 20, Sagal Hersi, 19, Siham Odhowa, 19, and Sabiriin Mohamoud Ali, 17, killing all of them.

In court on Friday, a jury returned a verdict of guilty on all 15 counts – five counts of 3rd-degree murder and ten counts of criminal vehicular homicide.

Thompson had claimed he wasn't behind the wheel at the time of the crash, with his defense team arguing investigators had failed to determine

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