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UPDATE: How Devastating: 79-Year-Old Nurse, Grandmother and ‘Dancing Grannie’ Member Is One of Five Killed by Christmas Parade Killer

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Virginia Sorenson on left of Santa Claus

At least 5 people are dead and 40 others injured after Darrell Brooks broke through the barriers with his SUV and sped through the Waukesha Christmas parade.

Five of the deceased victims were identified on Monday: 81-year-old Wilhelm Hospel, 79-year-old Virginia Sorenson, 71-year-old LeAnna Owen, 52-year-old Tamara Durand, and 52-year-old Jane Kulich.

The Milwaukee Dancing Grannies, a group of grandmothers who meet weekly to practice dance routines for year round parades, said its members are among the fatalities.

Police released the names of those killed, including Virginia Sorenson, 79, LeAnna Owen, 71, Tamara Durand, 52, and Wilhelm Hospel, 81, who were all part of the Dancing Grannies group.

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