Overview
- The jury began deliberations Wednesday and paused overnight before resuming at the Milwaukee County Courthouse on Thursday morning.
- Prosecutors introduced body‑camera video and toxicology results that they say show Brunner had been drinking and admitted to having two drinks at the scene.
- The defense called crash‑reconstruction expert Zachary Bingen who testified the Jeep was traveling about 49 mph, could have stopped if it braked sooner, and that telematics show Brunner steered away and spent about 3.3 seconds in the intersection.
- Peter McColgan, the Jeep’s driver, refused to answer questions outside the jury’s presence by invoking his Fifth Amendment right and is separately charged in connection with the crash though the jury has not been told that.
- Brunner faces six felony counts that carry the possibility of a very long prison term if convicted and the case’s outcome will determine criminal accountability even as related civil or negligent‑operation claims could follow.