From CNN
New Orleans mayor calls incident a “terrorist attack”
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has released initial information on the attack that killed 10 people early on New Year’s Day.
“We do know that the city of New Orleans was impacted by a terrorist attack,” Cantrell said, noting the incident is still under investigation.
The 30 people injured when a driver hit a crowd on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street have been sent to the following hospitals, according to the city’s disaster preparedness site, NOLA Ready:
- University Medical Center
- Touro Hospital
- East Jefferson General Hospital
- Ochsner Medical Center Jefferson Campus
- Ochsner Baptist Campus
Ten people were also killed, according to NOLA Ready, with emergency responders and officials on scene now.
The deadly incident in the early hours of Wednesday morning, in which at least 10 people were killed after a vehicle drove into a crowd in New Orleans, took place on Bourbon Street — famous for its nightlife — where many were celebrating on New Year’s Eve.
Also reports of the driver shooting into the crowd and police officers shot. This is an on-going incident which will be updated.
Driver shot 2 officers, New Orleans police chief says
A man driving a pickup truck down Bourbon Street “at a very fast pace” killed 10 people and fired on New Orleans Police officers, striking two who are in stable condition, police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said Wednesday morning.
“Last night, we had over 300 officers out here, and because of the intentional mindset of this perpetrator – who went around our barricades in order to conduct this. He was hell bent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did,” Kirkpatrick said.
The FBI will be taking over the investigation, according to Kirkpatrick.
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