A look at Derrick Thompsons California hit and run

Derrick John Thompson was driving a 2017 Chevrolet Malibu with Idaho plates 8BKK128, on 4 September 2018. The car was a rental from Enterprise-Rent-A-Car [EAN Holdings, LLC]. The car is registered to CORPAT,INC. Montana. In the car with Thompson were Justyn Sanders and Diamonte Hickerson.

Derrick John Thompson ran from the scene of the collision. He ran northbound on Butterfly Lane. He has
been located and is in custody in the State of Minnesota. Thompson was established as the driver of Vehicle. Thompsons belongings were found in the center console of Malibu. His Bank card & Minnesota id.

Justyn Sanders was the one who rented the vehicle in LA. He was the front passenger in the Malibu.
Sanders said told police that ā€˜Dā€™ was driving because he knew the area.

A parameter was set up and a k-9 was used to search for Thompson. Thompson was gone. Apparently ran all the way to Minnesota.

Sanders was sitting on a rock in handcuffs, after being detained by VPD Officers. He was identified by his Minnesota driver license, and he related in essence the following: He was sitting in the right front passenger seat of the. Chevrolet as some guy named “D” was driving them southbound on the 101. The driver had his right hand on the steering wheel and a gun wrapped in a sock, pointed to his head. They were in the middle lane. He tried to open the door to get out of the car. The driver “jumped on it” and drove on the right shoulder at approximately 60 miles per hour. They kept driving around. The driver made a right, when he saw three ladies in the front of the car. The ladies jumped out of the way, but one of them jumped onto the hood and hit the windshield. He never heard or saw any police following them. After the collision, the driver took off running and then the police got them out of the car and put them in handcuffs.

Hickerson was contacted at the scene sitting in the back right of the VPD patrol vehicle while detained in handouffs. He was identified from his Minnesota driver license and he related in essence the following: He was in the back right seat of the Chevrolet, asleep in an upright position. He woke up as the Chevrolet was making a sharp right turn. He saw the front windshield was shattered and looked to the right side as they crashed into a wall. He saw the police behind them, got out of the car and put his hands up. He was put in handcuffs by the police and placed in the back of their police truck.

Inside the vehicle eight kilograms of marijuana (17.6 lbs) and over $20,000 in cash.

The victim: JJJ suffered severe bodily injury including, but not limited to, Traumatic Brain Injury with Diffuse Axonal Injury/Shearing Injury in bilateral frontoparietal lobes and corpus callosum, Left and Right subdural hematoma, Subarachnoid hemorrhage, Subdural hemorrhage, Acute Respiratory Failure, Fracture of the Radius and Ulna, Shaft left, Open Pelvic Ring Fracture, Displaced Fracture of the Left Acetabulum, Fracture of the Fibula Head, Right, Four part Fracture End Left Humerus, Patella Fracture, Fracture of Sixth and Seventh Cervical Vertebra with Fusion, Fracture Multiple Ribs – Both Sides, Fracture of Thoracic Transverse Process, Fracture of Spinous Process of Thoracic Vertebra, Fracture of Lumbar Vertebra with Fusion L1-5, Compression Fracture of L3 Lumbar Vertebra

Justyn Desean Sanders crimes in Minnesota he has 1 possession of marijuana and tons of parking violations and Diamonte Markel Hickerson fleeing police, parking violations, speeding, fighting.
Thompson is now sitting in jail on 5 counts of murder and 5 counts of vehicular homicide. $1m bail but it said he wonā€™t be getting out because he is federally charged and he violated his parole out of California.

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