01/01/2025
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01/01/2025
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NEW ORLEANS, Jan 1 (AP) — A driver wrought carnage on New Orleans’ famed French Quarter early on New Year’s Day, killing 10 people as he rammed a pickup truck into a crowd before being shot to death by police, authorities said.
More than 30 people were injured as Wednesday’s attack turned festive Bourbon Street into macabre mayhem. The FBI is investigating it as an act of terrorism.
The driver was killed in a firefight with police following the attack around 3:15 a.m. in an area teeming with New Year’s revelers, the FBI said.
Investigators recovered a handgun and an AR-style rifle after the shootout, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
Investigators were also combing the French Quarter for potential explosive devices, another law enforcement official told the AP.
The officials were not authorized to discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.
