(AP) — A driver in a pickup truck who officials said was “hell-bent on carnage” sped through a crowd of pedestrians in New Orleans’ bustling French Quarter district, killing 10 and injuring 30 revelers early on New Year’s Day.
The Terror suspect’s truck. ISIS flag.
Terrorist attack. #Terroristattack
Pray for New Orleans🙏 pic.twitter.com/Lka0dhAimH
— AJ Huber (@Huberton) January 1, 2025
At a news conference, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell described the killings as a “terrorist attack” and the city’s police chief said the act was clearly intentional.
This looks like DEI meets AARP in a dystopian hodgepodge of the dance of the incompetents. pic.twitter.com/KDIeD9GkEJ
— 🇺🇸Lionel🇺🇸 (@LionelMedia) January 1, 2025
Alethea Duncan, an assistant special agent in charge of the FBI’s New Orleans field office, said officials were investigating the discovery of at least one suspected improvised explosive device at the scene.
HORROR IN NEW ORLEANS: SUV CRASH AND SHOOTING REPORTTEDD, 10 FEARED DEAD
New Year’s celebration turned tragic on Bourbon Street, New Orleans Louisiana
SUV plowed into a crowd also the driver reportedly opened fire.
possible mass casualty feared
more details yet to come pic.twitter.com/9DtdP5LNuG— The Sanghi (@karma2moksha) January 1, 2025
Police Commissioner Anne Kirkpatrick said police officers would work to ensure safety at the Sugar Bowl, indicating that the game would go on as scheduled.
The Biden/Harris admin headed up by Alejandro Mayorkas deliberately set up the conditions for these type of terrorist attacks! The outgoing border czar Kamala Harris is an accomplice to all of the murders being conducted by illegals the DemoRats brought into the country in the… https://t.co/bdKI0YKj3F
— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) January 1, 2025
“He was hell-bent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did,” Kirkpatrick said. “It was very intentional behavior. This man was trying to run over as many people as he could.”
New Orleans attacker was flying a flag from the truck, but police at the scene intentionally covered it up.
What was that flag? pic.twitter.com/lhiFHLqnEd— Kiki (@kikisknees) January 1, 2025
Two police officers who were shot after the driver emerged from the truck are in stable condition, she said.
Officials did not immediately provide an update on the status of the driver, whether there was an ongoing threat to the public or offer a suspected motive in the fatal incident.
UPDATE: The man was then shot and killed by police. The FBI Changed position and they are investigating the incident as an “act of terrorism”
NEW: Metal barricades were left down which led to the horrific New Orleans terror attack, according to a witness on CNN.
A witness has now come forward and says the hydraulic metal barriers were down during the attack.
Here is everything we know:
– The man rammed his truck… pic.twitter.com/qrTtSACAvv
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 1, 2025
Officials did not immediately provide an update on the status of the driver, whether there was an ongoing threat to the public or offer a suspected motive.
The idiots in the FBI don’t want you to call this a terrorist attack. That is what it is…now that we’re past that, the most important aspects are what is not currently being reported.
The White House is telling the Mayor of NOLA to stop calling it a terrorist attack after the… https://t.co/fvltmvGPZf
— General Mike Flynn (@GenFlynn) January 1, 2025
NOLA Ready, the city’s emergency preparedness department, said the injured had been taken to five local hospitals.
