Hennepin County Attorney announces new murder charges for man accused of killing 5 women in crash

By KAALTV

(ABC 6 News) — Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced on Monday that Derrick John Thompson has been charged with five counts of third-degree murder.

This comes on top of the 10 counts of criminal vehicular homicide from a June 2023 crash that killed five women ages 17 to 20: Salma Mohamed Abdikadir, Sahra Liban Gesaade, Sagal Burhaan Hersi, Siham Adan Odhowa, and Sabiriin Mohamoud Ali.

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The original charges against Thompson remaining in place include five counts each of criminal vehicular homicide (leaving the scene) and criminal vehicular homicide (operating a motor vehicle in a grossly negligent manner).