Vehicle plows into crowd on Bourbon St., with 14 fatalities (69 Viewers)

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Hope this number doesnt rise .


Sounding like an incredibly ugly incident .


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[nolaswede]

So so sad!

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

National and international publicity for the city takes yet another hit. Soon we'll learn how many of the dead & injured were visitors for the Sugar Bowl, and the NFL will likely be rethinking the Big Easy as a viable site for future Superbowls. It's getting harder each day to proudly tell people that New Orleans is my home town.

Yep.. a little surreal seeing my hometown on the international news , here on a Wednesday night, from 9,300 miles away in my new home in Asia .


At the VERY least there should be strong consideration to making Bourbon Street pedestrian only, as has been discussed for years .. only my opinion .




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[saintmdterps]

They said right off the bat it was a terrorist attack. I’ll be interested to hear the motive.

Good God, what is wrong in the country??

 

[Madmarsha]

Oh my holy lord.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Seemingly got out of truck (wTx plates) and started shooting
Police returned fire and driver/shooter is dead

 

[Bill]

Two officers were also shot (not critical) by the perpetrator after crashing his vehicle. It was a deliberate act, not a drunk driver type of incident. Explosive devices were found with the (now dead) perpetrator.

 

[saintfan-n-alexla]

10 dead, 35 injured majority locals injured, driver shot 2 officers after driving into crowd

Drove around barricades, improvised explosive device found not clear if viable

Mayor called it terrorist attack, FBI says it wasn’t

 

[Brennan77]

10 dead, 35 injured majority locals injured, driver shot 2 officers after driving into crowd

Drove around barricades, improvised explosive device found not clear if viable

Mayor called it terrorist attack, FBI says it wasn’t

The last part is weird.

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

They said right off the bat it was a terrorist attack. I’ll be interested to hear the motive.

That’s what the mayor said.. im not sure the exact definition of terrorism these days, but i guess if one guy acting alone is terrorism, then yeah .

Good God, what is wrong in the country??

Many many MANY things .

 

[Madmarsha]

Yep.. a little surreal seeing my hometown on the international news , here on a Wednesday night, from 9,300 miles away in my new home in Asia .


At the VERY least there should be strong consideration to making Bourbon Street pedestrian only, as has been discussed for years .. only my opinion .

I've tuned to the local news. One report is that the car plowed through/or went around the barricades.

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Sounds like mostly locals so i should amend my thread title.. frankly, the fact that it’s mostly locals hurt on NYE into New Years Day/Sugar Bowl is very surprising .

 

[Brennan77]

That’s what the mayor said.. im not sure the exact definition of terrorism these days, but i guess if one guy acting alone is terrorism, then yeah .








Many many MANY things .

I guess it depends on political intention. It's probably too early to call it terrorism barring new information.

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

The last part is weird.

Yeah to me the mayor sounded like she was being over dramatic instead of trying to downplay/de-escalate.. definitely not a great time for theatrics .

 

[Madmarsha]

Seemingly got out of truck (wTx plates) and started shooting
Police returned fire and driver/shooter is dead

Heard 2 cops were shot. Haven't heard if either are among the known fatalities or if they are among the 36 reported injuries at various hospitals. Next press update by Chief Kilpatrick they are saying will be at 11 a.m.