A pickup truck intentionally drove into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans during New Year's celebrations, resulting in fatalities. The FBI is investigating the incident, suspecting the driver, Jabbar, may have ties to terroristic organizations. Potential improvised explosive devices were found in the truck and in the French Quarter. A local teenager is desperately searching for her missing friend who was present at the scene.
in New Orleans when a person intentionally drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street during New Year's celebrations, police said.The FBI said it does not believe Jabbar was "solely responsible" for the attack and asked the public for assistance. It said it is investigating Jabbar's "potential associations and affiliations" with terroristic organizations.
She described Thomas as 4 feet 11 inches,"no more than" 130 pounds," and someone who has a"really nice smile." Montrel shared a photo.Montrel took it upon herself to try to locate Thomas, calling every hospital in town, she said, visiting one and even contacting the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office in case the worst had come to pass.
“What I told the team is: You know, in the toughest moments, the culture of any program — of a nation — is revealed,” Freeman said. “And I have a lot of faith this country will rally around New Orleans and support all the victims and families that were affected today.”Visitors for tomorrow’s Sugar Bowl will see increased security and should be prepared for checkpoints and bag searches, a City Council member said tonight, but the event will be safe.
Sauvage said that she did not know anyone injured or killed but that she had not yet seen the names of the victims. Police blocked off part of a street in the neighborhood and could be seen going in and out of a home. State Attorney General Liz Murrill told NBC News’ Lester Holt that law enforcement officers searched an Airbnb rental that may have been connected to the manufacture of IEDs tied to the attack.Chris Pousson couldn't believe his eyes when he saw images of his childhood friend,"Sham," posted online as the suspect in the deadly New Orleans attack.
“It was always positive — peace be with you, uplifting type of stuff,” Pousson said. “Nothing that he posted online that I saw was negative.”Soon-to-be first lady Melania Trump expressed her “heartfelt thoughts and prayers” for the families grieving the loss of loved ones to violence following today’s vehicle ramming attack in New Orleans.
"Not my decision, but I would like to see it delayed at least another day," Murrill said."If they asked my opinion, I would tell them that."In his remarks to the country, Biden also said authorities were investigating whether there was a connection between the New Orleans attack and the Tesla Cybertruck explosion in front of Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.
He called the attack"despicable" and said he would keep the country"fully, contemporaneously informed" about the investigation. McKenna told the station that the autopsies would begin tomorrow and that a cause of death won’t be confirmed until those are done.The FBI has ruled out as suspects people who authorities initially believed may have been planting devices, a senior law enforcement official said.
The divorce case was dismissed in August 2020, but another petition was filed in 2021. In August 2022, a judge filed an order saying the couple were divorced on the “ground of insupportability," according to the documents.college football game will be postponed until 3 p.m. CT tomorrow after what the game’s CEO described as today’s vehicle ramming attack in New Orleans, officials announced.
New Orleans was replacing the older barriers, known as bollards, ahead of the city’s hosting this year’s Super Bowl in February, Mayor LaToya Cantrell said at a news conference this afternoon. They weren’t outside when the attack happened, but Hawkins realized something was wrong when she woke up to missed calls and texts asking whether she was OK.Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., said in a statement that she has requested a formal briefing from the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI for all senators.
Reggie Hunter, 37, of Baton Rouge, died after he was hit by the suspect’s pickup, which plowed through hordes of revelers celebrating the new year on Bourbon Street before dawn, said his cousin Shirell Jackson, 47, of Hammond, Louisiana.She described her cousin as an “awesome person" and"a little-bitty guy” with a “big heart.” She also said Hunter, a manager at a warehouse, was extremely funny and loved his children, boys ages 11 and 1.
“Whether it was a terrorist or Joe Blow … from whatever, Louisiana, what they done was horrible. They devastated so many lives," Jackson said.New Orleans Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick said the suspect drove onto the sidewalk and around a"hard target" — which included officers, barriers and a car — to carry out the attack.
"The St. Thomas More Catholic High School community mourns the loss of one of our own, Tiger Bech, who passed away early this morning as a result of the New York attack in New Orleans," it said. “But instead our officers, last night NOPD in particular, stood strong. They did not run. They did kill the terrorist.”The FBI said it does not believe Shamsud Din Jabbar was"solely responsible" for the Bourbon Street attack and asked for the public's assistance.
The game has been played annually in New Orleans since 1935. This year’s matchup is a College Football Playoff quarterfinal game between Notre Dame and Georgia. The game is now scheduled to take place on Thursday.The Ford pickup truck that authorities say the Bourbon Street attacker used appears to have been an F-150 Lightning truck, according to photos from the aftermath of the incident.
Two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter also said investigators are looking into at least two improvised explosive devices, also known as IEDs, that may have been planted near the area of the attack. The investigation is trying to determine whether the devices were actual explosives and if they were operable, the officials said.
The first phase of the construction to remove and replace the bollard system began in November 2024 and was expected to proceed through February 2025, the city said. The goal is to University President Jere W. Morehead said in a statement posted on X: “At this point, we have learned that a University of Georgia student was critically injured in the attack and is receiving medical treatment. I have spoken to the student’s family and shared my concern, support and well wishes on behalf of the entire UGA community.”The No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs are scheduled to meet the No. 3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the Sugar Bowl at 8:45 p.m. ET in New Orleans' Superdome.
President-elect Donald Trump, in his first statement on the ramming attack, said in a post on TruthSocial that"criminals coming in are far worse than the criminals we have in our country" and that the crime rate in the country is at a level"nobody has ever seen before."The president-elect also said his administration would"fully support" the city of New Orleans in its investigation of the attack.
One photo appears to show a white pickup truck that has crashed into heavy machinery, with the hood of the truck raised, in the middle of a street and debris surrounding the scene.President Joe Biden has called New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell to offer"full federal support," the White House says. It added that the president will continue to be briefed on the incident throughout the day.
One eyewitness told NBC News that he had noticed an apparent absence of steel barricades in the area around Bourbon Street and had been surprised earlier in the evening that they weren't in place. "It was unbelievable," Jimmy Cothran told NBC News in a phone interview this morning as he described scenes that could only be compared to"a movie."
“We are in ongoing discussions with authorities on the local, state, and federal levels and will communicate further details as they become available,” he said. Anne Kirkpatrick, New Orleans Police Department superintendent, issued a similar warning during this morning’s news conference. The identity of the suspect and any potential motive in the incident remains unclear and the FBI continues to investigate.The deadly incident on Bourbon Street is not considered a"terrorist event" at this point, Alethea Duncan, the special agent in charge for FBI New Orleans said at this morning's news conference.
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