New Orleans attack highlights: Driver expressed deadly intent before rampage, says Biden

New Orleans attack live updates: Emergency services attend the scene after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025.

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.

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.