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New Orleans attack highlights: Driver expressed deadly intent before rampage, says Biden
New Orleans attack highlights: The attacker crashed the vehicle, then opened fire and died in a shootout with police.
New Orleans attack highlights: 15 people have died in New Orleans, United States, in a mass casualty incident. A vehicle rammed into a crowd on Bourbon Street. The driver reportedly got out of the pickup truck and started firing. Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry called the incident a horrifying act of violence. Authorities have asked people to avoid the area. FBI is taking over the investigation into the incident. Authorities are said to have recovered a long gun from the scene of the attack....Read More
US President Joe Biden said in a statement that there was ‘no justification for violence of any kind’, while his incoming successor Donald Trump blasted the crime rates.
New Orleans attack: Key points
- New Orleans police released a statement saying public safety partners were responding to the scene.
- A vehicle reportedly crashed into a large crowd gathered on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter - a popular tourist destination in the Louisiana city.
- Witnesses told CBS News that the driver of the vehicle then got out and started firing a weapon.
- There were reports of multiple people being injured on the ground. The suspect has been shot dead by the police, according to reports.
New Orleans live: Driver was 'hell-bent on creating the carnage and damage he did', police say
Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said that despite over 300 officers being present last night, the perpetrator was "intentional" and went around barricades.
She added that the individual was "hell-bent on creating the carnage and damage he did".
New Orleans Live: Man driving truck showed 'intentional behaviour', city official says
Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick told the media that a man drove a pick up truck "down Bourbon Street at a very fast pace".
Kirkpatrick said that the man displayed "very intentional behaviour" and he was "trying to run over as many people as he possibly could".
The superintendent clarified that numbers could change, but confirmed 10 people have been killed and at least 35 others injured.
New Orleans live: New Orleans mayor in touch with White House
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said that the city was impacted today by a "terrorist attack".
The exact details of the incident are under investigation, she said, adding that she has been in touch with the White House and Louisiana's governor, BBC reported.
The Mayor has asked "for prayers for those who have lost their lives", and added that the public should avoid the eight blocks around Bourbon Street, where the incident occurred.
New Orleans Live: Emergency preparedness department warns people to avoid area
New Orleans' emergency preparedness department has told people to avoid the area where the incident occurred.
New Orleans Live: Louisiana governor Jeff Landry condemns 'horrific act' in New Orleans
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry says in a post on X that he is "praying for all the victims and first responders on scene".
"A horrific act of violence took place on Bourbon Street earlier this morning," Landry writes. Please join Sharon and I in praying for all the victims and first responders on scene. I urge all near the scene to avoid the area," he wrote on X.
New Orleans live: 10 killed, 30 injured
10 people were killed and 30 others were injured after a car crashed into a group of people on New Year's Day, multiple reports said.
