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NEW ORLEANS — No one knew what to do in the fog of uncertainty and fear, so they sought normalcy.
The jovial party city of New Orleans was upended early on New Year’s Day when a man intentionally rammed a pickup truck through a crowd on Bourbon Street, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens more shortly after 3 a.m. The terrorist attack sent shockwaves through the city and more than 400 police officers descended on the streets, setting up barricades and foot patrols as the sun rose and kissed the Crescent City’s streets, illuminating a grisly scene.
Two blocks northwest from the carnage, a straight-line, 4-minute walk out the front door of the Marriott Hotel on Canal Street, Georgia football fans congregated at the Bulldogs’ team hotel. The scheduled College Football Playoff quarterfinal game between the 2-seed Bulldogs and 7-seed Notre Dame had not yet been postponed as law enforcement, including the FBI, swept the city while searching for improvised explosives and chasing clues in an attempt to identify multiple suspects after discovering two makeshift explosive devices inside the killer’s vehicle earlier that morning.
The suspected killer, Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, traded gunfire with three New Orleans police officers after barreling through the crowd and exiting the vehicle. He was killed by the officers, though two were injured in the firefight. Officials said the wounded officers were transported to a hospital and are expected to recover.
“This is not just an act of terrorism. This is evil,” New Orleans Police superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said.
Former Princeton football player Tiger Bech was identified among those who died in the vehicular attack, and a University of Georgia student was among those critically…
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Author : Brandon Marcello
Publish date : 2025-01-02 03:53:00
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