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Photos: Scenes after attack in New Orleans on New Year's Day
Photos: Scenes after attack in New Orleans on New Year's Day
Photos: Scenes after attack in New Orleans on New Year's Day

Published on: 01/01/2025

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The FBI investigates the area on Orleans Street and Bourbon Street by St. Louis Cathedral where a suspicious package was detonated after a person drove a truck into a crowd earlier on Bourbon Street on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025.

The FBI is calling it terrorism after 10 people were killed and dozens more injured when a man driving a truck barreled through a crowd of people in New Orleans during New Year’s eve holiday celebrations.

Authorities say the driver drove around a barricade and plowed through a crowd along Bourbon Street, the city’s iconic stretch of bars and hotels.

New Orleans Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick says the driver was trying to hurt people.

“He was hellbent on creating the carnage and damage that he did,” New Orleans Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick said.

After crashing his truck, the suspect exchanged fire with police, wounding 2 officers. Police shot and killed the suspect. the FBI is now investigating the attack as an act of terrorism.

The White House said President Biden spoke to New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell this morning to offer full federal support.

Investigators work the scene after a person drove a vehicle into a crowd earlier on Canal and Bourbon Street in New Orleans.TPolice investigators surround the white Ford F-150 pickup truck that crashed into a work lift after allegedly driving into a crowd of New Year's revelers in the French Quarter of New Orleans.The Orleans Parish Coroner van returns to the scene on Bourbon Street after at least ten people were killed when a person allegedly drove into the crowd.Law enforcement officers from multiple agencies work the scene on Bourbon Street after at least ten people were killed when a person allegedly drove into the crowd in the early morning hours of New Year's Day.The FBI investigates the area on Orleans Street and Bourbon Street by St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter where a suspicious package was detonated after a person drove a truck into a crowd earlier on Bourbon Street.FBI investigators arrive at the scene where the white Ford F-150 pickup truck that crashed into a work lift after allegedly driving into a crowd of New Year's revelers in the French Quarter of New Orleans.Superintendent of Police for the New Orleans Police Department Anne Kirkpatrick makes a statement after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street.FBI investigators arrive at the scene where the white Ford F-150 pickup truck that crashed into a work lift after allegedly driving into a crowd of New Year's revelers in the French Quarter of New Orleans.A New Orleans police officer searches the area near a crime scene after a vehicle drove into a crowd on Canal and Bourbon Street.Police cordon off the area around the site of the overnight attack in the French Quarter of New Orleans.A member of the emergency services walks past a police barricade after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street.

News Source : https://www.opb.org/article/2025/01/01/photos-scenes-after-new-year-s-day-attack-in-new-orleans/

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