Reported fatalities in New Orleans as vehicle apparently slams into Bourbon Street crowd

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9. abc: New Orleans updates: 10 dead in 'terrorist attack' with pickup in New Orleans, officials say

New Orleans updates: 10 dead in 'terrorist attack' with pickup in New Orleans, officials say
The driver remained at large after the Bourbon Street incident, police said.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/1-dead-vehicle-strikes-crowd-new-orleans-police/story?id=117246329

ByAaron Katersky, Victoria Arancio, Kevin Shalvey, Pierre Thomas, and Josh Margolin
January 1, 2025, 5:10 AM


At least 10 people are dead and about 30 others are injured after a white pickup truck struck a crowd on Bourbon Street early on Wednesday, before the driver exited the vehicle and shot at police New Orleans police and city officials said.

LaToya Cantrell, the mayor of New Orleans, described the incident as a "terrorist attack."

The strike appeared to be intentional, police told ABC News, adding the driver had not been taken into custody. Local authorities asked the FBI for assistance early on Wednesday, a senior federal law enforcement source told ABC News. A command center was being set up, the source said.

"A horrific act of violence took place on Bourbon Street earlier this morning," Gov. Jeff Landry said, adding that his family was praying for the victims and first responders.


Leading up to the holidays, federal law enforcement and intelligence had warned police around the country that low-tech vehicle ramming was a key area of concern and that they needed to prepare -- and that was before the German Christmas market attack on Dec. 20, in which five people were killed.

In a Dec. 9 assessment for the Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration, federal and local agencies wrote: “We remain concerned about the use of vehicle ramming against high-profile outdoor events…Vehicle ramming has become a recurring tactic employed by threat actors in the West, marked by a continued interest by (terrorists, extremists) and lone offenders in targeting crowded pedestrian areas.”.............