UPDATE: New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell released initial information about the ramming attack that killed 10 people on Bourbon Street in the early morning hours of New Year's Day.
“We know that the city of New Orleans has been affected by terrorist attacks,” Cantrell said. saidHe said the incident is still under investigation with the FBI involved.
CBS News report The FBI immediately responded to the “terrorist attack” claim.
FBI officials who spoke with other officials Wednesday morning did not characterize the incident as such.
Authorities have not provided information about the man driving the truck, and his condition or whereabouts were not immediately known.
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell releases a statement after a driver intentionally crashes his car into a drunk driver at Canal and Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Wednesday, January 1, 2025. . (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick said the driver tried to kill as many people as possible. She said a man got out of his car and fired shots at police, ABC News reported.
“This guy was trying to run over as many people as he could,” Kirkpatrick said, adding that two officers were struck by gunfire but are in stable condition.
Previous reports include:
Multiple reports of multiple casualties in New Orleans surfaced early in the new year after news outlets reported that a pickup truck crashed into a group of people partying on Bourbon Street.
The driver's identity or possible motive has not been released by local police.
Ten people were killed and 30 injured after the historic French Quarter incident. According to NOLA Ready, the city's emergency response agency.
The injured were taken to five local hospitals.
Around 3:15 a.m., a car, described as an SUV, plowed headlong into a pedestrian at the intersection between Bourbon Street and Iberville, WGNO reported. reported.
A video apparently taken at the scene of the mass casualty incident on Wednesday has been circulating on social media, showing multiple casualties on the ground.
Gunshots can be heard in the background and people can be seen running from the area, the BBC reported. report.
After plowing into the crowd, the suspect driver reportedly jumped out of the truck and began firing. CBS News reported.
“Initial reports indicate a vehicle may have struck a group of people,” a New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) spokesperson said. “Injuries are unknown, but there are reports of fatalities.” “It has been done,” he added.
WLTV sent a reporter to the scene shortly after.
The incident occurred toward the end of New Year's celebrations in New Orleans and hours before kickoff at the Allstate Bowl, a college football quarterfinal game held at the city's Caesars Superdome and expected to be attended by thousands of people. It happened to.
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