Fourteen People Killed in New Orleans as Pickup Truck Ploughs into Crowd

[Meatpie]

Fourteen people have been killed and 35 others injured after a man intentionally drove into a large crowd in New Orleans and then began firing a weapon, police have said.

Police chief Anne Kirkpatrick said the attacker drove a pickup truck down Bourbon Street at a "very fast pace... trying to run as many people as he could" at around 03:15 (08:15 GMT). He then shot two police officers after crashing.

She said the man was "hell-bent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did".

Ten people killed in New Orleans as vehicle ploughs into crowd

Police say 35 others injured on Bourbon Street by attacker "hell-bent on carnage".

www.bbc.com

 

[Meatpie]

​

Summary and Latest Developments for Friday January 3, 2025​

• Bourbon Street in New Orleans has reopened after being closed for investigation since the deadly attack on New Year's Day
• A minute's silence for the 14 killed has been held at the postponed Sugar Bowl college football game
• The victims include an aspiring nurse and a father of two, as well as dozens of others injured
• The FBI says it now believes the man who carried out the attack, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, was acting alone
• The 42-year-old army veteran was killed in a gunfight with police, after he drove a pick-up truck into crowds in the iconic nightlife hotspot
• Police say the Texas resident planted two explosive devices and posted videos online proclaiming allegiance to the Islamic State group before the attack
• Meanwhile, the FBI confirms there's "no definitive link" with the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas

Additional footage









Wikipedia Article

2025 New Orleans truck attack - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Meatpie]

Family begged 25-year-old victim killed in New Orleans attack not to go out on New Year's Eve​

Handsome twenty-five-year-old Matthew Tenedorio from Slidell, Louisiana, was one of the 14 victims of the deadly truck attack

---

Twenty-five-year-old Matthew Tenedorio from Slidell, Louisiana, was one of the 14 victims of the deadly truck attack in New Orleans, according to his cousin.


The only information the coroner gave the family was that he died from a gunshot, Christina Bounds said.

“So that night he had dinner with his family, his mom, his dad, his brother and his niece at his brother’s house in Slidell, Louisiana. They had New Year’s Eve dinner. They begged Matthew not to go,” Bounds told CNN.


However, Tenedorio ultimately ended up making the roughly 45 minute drive to New Orleans with two friends to celebrate the holiday. As they were walking to a bar, the two friends told the family that all three of them saw a body fly up in the air, which they later realized was most likely from the truck running over someone.


“They look up and they’re like, ‘Where did that body come from? What’s going on?’ And they hear the noises and they start running toward the screams to go and help, or at least Matthew did. The other two friends got shoved in bars by the police. And (Matthew) took a gunshot,” Bounds said, adding that the two friends were OK.


The family couldn’t get in touch with Tenedorio New Year’s Day. Bounds attempted to use the “find my device” phone feature, but it wasn’t working. His parents went to the University Medical Center to try to get some answers, Bounds said.


Now, the family wants to know if Tenedorio died instantly from a gunshot wound or if he was taken in an ambulance and later succumbed to his injuries. They also want to know if the bullet came from the attacker’s gun. The suspect died after a firefight with police.


“He had high hopes of having his own family,” Bounds said. “He was a larger-than-life kind of guy. He’s always cracking jokes. He always had a smile, I mean he smiled more than I did.”


Tenedorio worked as a member in video production team for ASM, the company that manages two major venues in New Orleans — the Caesars Superdome, where the NFL team the New Orleans Saints play, and the Smoothie King Center, home of the Pelicans, an NBA team, the two teams said in a statement.


The statement, posted on X by the Saints, said Tenedorio was “young, talented, and had a bright future” and that he made content for both teams.


His cousin Zach Colgan told CNN that Tenedorio was an audio visual technician at the Superdome stadium. Both his dad and older brother also work there, he said.

 

[Meatpie]

Auburn University graduate among those killed in New Orleans attack, school confirms​

A 2023 Auburn University graduate was among the 14 killed during Wednesday’s attack, according to the school.


“On behalf of Auburn University, I send my sincere condolences to the family and loved ones of 2023 graduate Drew Dauphin who was taken from us in the New Orleans terror attack,” Auburn University President Christopher B. Roberts said in a post on Facebook.


“Words cannot convey the sorrow the Auburn Family feels for Drew’s family and friends during this unimaginably difficult time,” Roberts said. “Our thoughts are with the Dauphin family and the families of all the victims of this senseless tragedy.”

 

[wuyunmibu]

I'm curious if an autopsy is needed in this case.

 

[Meatpie]

It's an absolute must.