Vehicle plows into crowd on Bourbon St., with 14 fatalities

[El Caliente]

Oh, that crane was illegally parked? There is nothing funny about this obvs but, yeah, that's, well, of course.

It could only be more Naturally New Orleans if the driver hit a pot hole which launched them into the illegally parked construction equipment.

 

[Dallas_Saint73]

Good point, but I'm having trouble seeing anything positive as I didn't hear about it until 30 minutes ago. Not processing yet.
Why are we so damn broken?

There was an eyewitness account that one victim was a child seen earlier dancing in the street, later deceased as eyewitness left area.

 

[Madmarsha]

No idea. Sad part is that I left thinking how great the people were being last night

Not sure what all you've read here but I mentioned not wanting to be anywhere near Bourbon Street at Mardi Gras or other high tourist times. But that's because of the amount of people and the inability to just move. But, frankly (and I haven't been in years), it was never because I necessarily felt unsafe ... as long as I wasn't acting a fool and was keeping aware of my surroundings.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Suspect has been named according to nola.com...

New Orleans attack suspect named, accused of killing at least 10, injuring dozens

A source said he was carrying an ISIS flag in the truck when he plowed through a crowd on Bourbon Street.

www.nola.com

 

[Madmarsha]

It could only be more Naturally New Orleans if the driver hit a pot hole which launched them into the illegally parked construction equipment.

And we don't know that that's not exactly what happened.

 

[Bill]

Yeah, heard that but confused me given that the truck has Texas plates to a rental place and we don't yet have an ID on the perp himself. So was it the truck that was tracked with him in it or what?

I guess the point about being a rental vehicle is that the rental company should have records of who had possession of the truck at the time it was seen at Eagle Pass and whether it was returned prior to being used in this particular crime. If it was the same person on record in both places, then the investigation will have to include the reasons why the truck was going through Eagle Pass.

 

[Madmarsha]

There was an eyewitness account that one victim was a child seen earlier dancing in the street, later deceased as eyewitness left area.

Oh, fork.

 

[Innominate]

Yeah, heard that but confused me given that the truck has Texas plates to a rental place and we don't yet have an ID on the perp himself. So was it the truck that was tracked with him in it or what?

Not a traditional rental like Hertz. Turo, where a person can rent their private vehicle to another individual. I've used it a few times

 

[Madmarsha]

I guess the point about being a rental vehicle is that the rental company should have records of who had possession of the truck at the time it was seen at Eagle Pass ...

Oh, yeah, mos def.

 

[Dallas_Saint73]

.Oh, fork.

Yeah, the eyewitness account given on-air is extremely graphic.

 

[Madmarsha]

Not a traditional rental like Hertz. Turo, where a person can rent their private vehicle to another individual. I've used it a few times

Ohhhhhhhh. Didn't know that. Now some of the earlier comments make more sense to me.

 

[gummbo70114]

I found this video that speaks about the so-called flag on the back of the truck

 

[Madmarsha]

Suspect has been named according to nola.com...

New Orleans attack suspect named, accused of killing at least 10, injuring dozens

A source said he was carrying an ISIS flag in the truck when he plowed through a crowd on Bourbon Street.

www.nola.com

The suspect accused of plowing a truck through a crowd on Bourbon Street is named Shamsud Din Jabbar, according to a law enforcement source.

He's 42 years old. Police shot and killed him after the attack.

The source said he was carrying an ISIS flag in the truck.

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READ MORE: Bourbon Street attacker was in full military gear and apparently not local, Moreno says

 

[Dallas_Saint73]

I guess the point about being a rental vehicle is that the rental company should have records of who had possession of the truck at the time it was seen at Eagle Pass and whether it was returned prior to being used in this particular crime. If it was the same person on record in both places, then the investigation will have to include the reasons why the truck was going through Eagle Pass.

Assuming the ID used was a valid ID. Could have been a fake ID. If anything though, they should have video evidence of the renter which could be run through the FBI's database to see if the individual is a known terrorist.