After five days of testimony and closing arguments Thursday, the jury received the case and began deliberations.

The fate of Derrick John Thompson and potential accountability for the deaths of five young women in a catastrophic car crash is now in the hands of a Hennepin County jury. After deliberating for five hours Thursday,

Jurors have begun deliberating the fate of Derrick Thompson, who is charged with killing five young Somali-American women in a 2023 car crash.