What we know about the victims in the New Orleans terror attack on New Year’s Day
Updated: 3:39 PM EST Jan 1, 2025
INVESTIGATION IS UNFOLDING BACK TO YOU. TRAVERS MACKEL BRITTANY, LET’S GET TO UMC. AUBRY KILLION IS STANDING BY WITH COUNCILMAN FREDDIE KING. AS WE ALL KNOW, HIS DISTRICT INCLUDES THE FRENCH QUARTER. AUBREY. HEY, DRIVERS. THAT’S RIGHT. YEAH, WE HAVE A LIVE EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH COUNCILMAN FREDDIE KING. HE’S MET US HERE AT UMC. WE CAN’T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR YOUR TIME. WALK ME THROUGH. WHAT IS THE MOST NEW INFORMATION YOU CAN SHARE? THE MOST NEW INFORMATION THAT I’M AWARE OF IS THAT THE FBI IS IS INVESTIGATING THIS. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ACT OF TERROR. AND THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WHO COMMITTED THIS MOST LIKELY WAS NOT ACTING ALONE. THEY’RE STILL TRYING TO FIND THEIR ACCOMPLICES AND A MOTIVE AND JUST MORE INFORMATION. AS MUCH AS FBI AND LAPD IS TRYING TO LOCATE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE. SO, SO IT IT ONE QUESTION WE’RE GETTING IS HOW DRIVERS CAN GET AROUND RIGHT NOW. WHAT ARE THEIR OPTIONS? EXCUSE ME RIGHT NOW I KNOW IT’S OPEN INVESTIGATIVE SCENE. SO I’M NOT I’M KIND OF GOING TO DEFER TO NOPD AND FBI AND STATE POLICE AS FAR AS TRAFFIC IN THE QUARTER. OKAY. YEAH. AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY’RE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE AIDED THE SUSPECT. WELL, JUST JUST WAS INVOLVED. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS THIS ACT LIKE THIS, THIS PERSON DID NOT DO IT. DO IT ALONE OR MAY HAVE HAD AN ACCOMPLICE OR TWO. SO THERE. WHEN I SAY THEY’RE LAW ENFORCEMENT, ARE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL SUSPECTS. OKAY. WHEN YOU FIRST WOKE UP, YOU KNOW, I CALLED YOU. AND WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION? AND THIS HAPPENING THE FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR IN A CITY THAT WE ALL LOVE. RIGHT? IT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU DON’T HEAR ABOUT HAPPENING IN NEW ORLEANS. YOU READ ABOUT IT IN NOVELS. YOU SEE A SEE IT ON ON TV AND MOVIES. YOU DON’T THINK THIS HAPPENS IN OUR CITY AND WE HAVE OUR OWN ISSUES WITH VIOLENCE, BUT YOU JUST DON’T SEE THIS. SOMETHING OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAPPENING IN THIS CITY. IT WAS A SHOCK WHEN I FIRST HEARD IT. MY WIFE WOKE ME UP AND SAID SOMETHING HAPPENED IN THE FRENCH QUARTER. YOU KIND OF GO THROUGH YOUR MIND OF WHAT COULD IT BE? BUT THEN YOU REALIZE THIS IS POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW, A TERRORIST ATTACK AND OVER TEN PEOPLE KILLED AND AND DOZENS HURT, LIKE, WOW, NOT NOT IN THIS CITY. SO IT WAS IT’S STILL A BIT SHOCKING. THE BOLLARDS THAT ARE SET UP IN THE QUARTER, DO WE KNOW HOW MANY DOES THE CITY HAVE? WERE THEY PUT OUT? HOW MANY WERE PUT OUT? DO WE KNOW HOW THAT ALL WENT DOWN LAST NIGHT? RIGHT? RIGHT. NOW THAT INFORMATION IS IS IS STILL A BIT A BIT HAZY. I KNOW THERE ARE CONSTRUCTION. THERE’S CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING IN THE SEVEN AND 800 BLOCK OF BOURBON. OF COURSE, JUST HAPPENED CLOSER TO THE ONE AND 200 BLOCK OF BOURBON. SO AS FAR AS THE BOLLARDS THERE, I’M NOT QUITE SURE. I’M STILL GETTING INFORMATION IN FROM NOPD. OUR INFORMATION THAT WE’RE GETTING, THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AROUND THE BOLLARD. IS THAT SOMETHING WE NEED TO REVISIT IN CHANGE? IMPLEMENT NEW AND TIGHTER SECURITY SO THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN? I WOULD THINK SO. EXCUSE ME, I WOULD THINK SO. I THINK EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE. PUBLIC SAFETY FOR OUR VISITORS, FOR OUR RESIDENTS, FOR OUR BUSINESSES IS NUMBER ONE. SO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE THE CITY FRENCH QUARTER SAFER, I’M ALL FOR IT. I DEFINITELY HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH DPW, STATE POLICE AND OPD. WHOEVER, WHOEVER. DO YOU THINK WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS ENOUGH? CLEARLY NOT. BUT BUT I WANT TO SAY THIS WHEN SOMEONE HAS THEIR MIND ON DOING HARM AND COMMITTING ACTS OF VIOLENCE, SOMETIMES IT’S HARD TO STOP. YOU CAN ALWAYS PREPARE, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALWAYS GOING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BEAT THE SYSTEM AND DO HARM, SO WE’RE JUST GOING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN AS CITY LEADERS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO KEEP THE CITY SAFE. HOW WILL THIS IMPACT THE REST OF THE SUGAR BOWL? SUGAR BOWL PEOPLE IN TOWN? HOW WILL THIS IMPACT THE REST OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON? AS FAR AS AS FAR AS THE FRENCH QUARTER AND BOURBON, I KNOW AGAIN, IT’S A IT’S A CRIME SCENE AND THERE’S A LOT HAPPENING. I DON’T KNOW WHAT STREETS ARE OPEN WHERE STREETS ARE CLOSED FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR INVESTIGATION PURPOSES. I WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT NOPD DID A GREAT JOB. THEY’RE DOING A GREAT JOB KEEPING US SAFE AGAIN. FBI’S IS ON THE SCENE. STATE POLICE IS ON THE SCENE. SO WE HAVE POLICE OFFICERS HERE KEEPING US SAFE. WE WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY TO STAY VIGILANT. BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND TRY. I KNOW IT’S HARD TO SAY, BUT TRY TO ENJOY YOURSELF AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. BUT BEFORE I GO ON TO JUST GIVE MY CONDOLENCES TO THOSE WHO LOST LOVED ONES AND WHO ARE MOURNING THIS FIRST YEAR, FIRST DAY OF THE OF THE NEW YEAR, HAVE YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH ANY OF THE OFFICERS? I KNOW IT’S KIND OF FLUID OR ANY OF THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS HORRIBLE VIOLENCE THAT HAPPENED TODAY. WELL, I DID SPEAK TO CAPTAIN ROBERTS OF THE EIGHTH DISTRICT. AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE OFFICERS THAT WERE SHOT, I BELIEVE, WERE OF THE EIGHTH DISTRICT. AND HE KIND OF KEPT LET ME KNOW THAT THEY’RE DOING FINE. AND THEY WERE THE ONES WHO TOOK OUT THE, THE, THE DRIVER OR THE, THE, THE, THE ACTOR. BUT I HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO THE OFFICERS THEMSELVES OR FAMILIES OF THOSE LOST OR INJURED. SO THE TWO OFFICERS ARE THE ONES THAT WERE SHOT. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT GOT THE DRIVER OUT OF THE CAR. THAT’S THAT’S MY UNDERSTANDING THERE. SO THE DRIVER WAS KILLED AND I BELIEVE IT WAS AN EXCHANGE OF FIRE BETWEEN THOSE OFFICERS AND THE DRIVER. AND THEY DID KILL THE, THE THE DRIVER. YEAH. WHERE WERE THE TWO OFFICERS SHOT? I’M NOT SURE, BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE IT WAS LIFE THREATENING. AND WHAT WERE WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER MOST FROM YOUR CONVERSATION WITH CAPTAIN ROBERTS? JUST SAYING HOW QUICKLY HIS HIS HIS OFFICERS RESPONDED THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY DEFINITELY SAVED LIVES WITH THEIR QUICK RESPONSE. WANT TO THANK THE MEN AND WOMEN OF NOPD. YOU KNOW, THEY ALWAYS GET THEY OFTEN GET A GET FLACK AND CATCH A HARD TIME FROM FROM JUST DOING THEIR JOB. BUT WE SEE TODAY THEY WERE QUICK ON THE SCENE, THEIR TRAINING KICKED IN, AND THEY DEFINITELY SAVED LIVES. SO THANK YOU TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF NOPD, STATE POLICE, ALL THOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT CAME TOGETHER. HOW WILL THIS IMPACT, YOU KNOW, THE SUPER BOWL IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN IN OUR CITY. HOW WILL THIS IMPACT THE SUPER BOWL, MARDI GRAS COMING UP? WELL, I’M SURE YOU KNOW, SHAME ON US IF YOU DON’T REACT TO THIS AND MAKE THE CITY SAFER AND MAKE THE FRENCH QUARTER SAFER, THERE’S GOING TO BE CONVERSATIONS, I’M SURE, ALL THE WAY ON THE STATE LEVEL HOW TO MAKE PLACES SAFER IN THE CITY, HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT ENSURE THAT DRIVERS CAN’T EASILY DRIVE AROUND BOLLARDS OR THROUGH BARRICADES AND KEEP KEEP THE JEWEL OF OUR CITY, WHICH IS THE FRENCH QUARTER SAFE. WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS COMING FOR NEW YEARS, COMING FOR THE SUGAR BOWL, JUST ALWAYS IN THIS CITY IN THE FRENCH QUARTER. SO WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO KEEP US SAFE AGAIN, THERE’S NO FOOLPROOF PLAN. WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO DO SOMETHING, THEY’RE NOT GOING TO BE STOPPED. BUT WE GOT TO JUST FIGURE OUT HOW TO DETER THEM AND KEEP OUR RESIDENTS, VISITORS AND BUSINESSES SAFE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL CHANGES YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE QUARTER? WHETHER IT’S, YOU KNOW, BOLLARDS THAT ARE LARGER, IS THERE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL CHANGES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND CAN MAKE HAPPEN TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL SAFE? WELL, I THINK EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW. YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN AND NOT REACT. SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO SEE WHAT WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN’T WORK AND HOW SOON CAN WE GET SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT IS GOING TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE? AS ADDITIONAL BOLLARDS? THAT’S AN ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL WHATEVER. OFFICERS, WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY. AND AS A LEGISLATOR, I KNOW I’M UP FOR THE TASK AND I’M GOING TO DO MY PART. WHEN IS THE LAST TIME THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING THIS? WHEN IS THE LAST TIME ANYTHING LIKE THIS, TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, HAS HAPPENED? YOU KNOW, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, IN THIS CITY, I CAN’T REMEMBER ANYTHING. YOU KNOW, I’M A LITTLE YOUNGER THAN MOST, SO IF IT HAPPENED BEFORE ME, MAYBE WITH THE HOWARD JOHNSON SHOOTING OR SOMETHING, I DON’T KNOW. BUT IN MY RECOLLECTION, IT HASN’T BEEN. IT’S BEEN A BEEN A WHILE. YEAH. AND YOUR MESSAGE TO THE CITY RIGHT NOW IS THEY’RE TRYING TO WRAP THEIR MINDS AROUND ALL THIS, YOU KNOW, STAY VIGILANT AND JUST JUST BEAR WITH US AS WE FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED, WHY IT HAPPENED, AND HOW CAN WE PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE. I WANT TO JUST AGAIN, THANK NOPD FOR THEIR QUICK RESPONSE. I CAN’T THANK THOSE MEN AND WOMEN ENOUGH. I KNOW THEY SAVE LIVES TODAY, AND MY HEARTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THOSE WHO WERE INJURED AND WHO WHO LOST FAMILY MEMBERS TODAY. DO YOU KNOW IF ANY OF THE VICTIMS WERE CHILDREN? I DON’T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. NO. YEAH, WELL, I CAN’T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR YOUR TIME. I KNOW IT’S A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION TO PROCESS, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT AND SPEAKING TO US. YOU KNOW, WHILE OFFICERS BEHIND US HERE AT UMC AND MANY VICTIMS ARE RECOVERING. YES. WELL, THANK YOU FOR FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND INFORM OUR COMMUNITY. AND I GET MORE INFORMATION. I’LL DEFINITELY KEEP YOU UPDATED. OKAY. THANK YOU. SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. SO AGAIN, THAT WAS COUNCILMAN FREDDY KING LIVE ON WDSU. HE SAYS ADDITIONAL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED. THOSE DETAILS WILL STILL BE WORKED OUT. BUT STAY WITH US ON THIS DEVELOPING STORY. BACK TO YOU. WE’RE NOW JOINED BY RANDI RANDI IN STUDIO. JUST TO KI
What we know about the victims in the New Orleans terror attack on New Year’s Day
Updated: 3:39 PM EST Jan 1, 2025
At least 10 people are dead and 35 people are injured after a truck plowed into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on New Year’s Day.The FBI is currently investigating this incident and is calling it an act of terrorism. Here is what we know about the victims so far:Tiger Bech, 28, of Lafayette, died in the attack, according to officials at St. Thomas More Catholic High School. The school said Bech was a 2015 graduate and a football, lacrosse and track and field athlete. Here is what we know about the injured so far:Two 20-year-old Fort Myers women were among those injured in the attack, according to sister station WBBH in Fort Meyers. The two women were reportedly taken to the hospital following the attack.
The FBI is currently investigating this incident and is calling it an act of terrorism.
Here is what we know about the victims so far:
- Tiger Bech, 28, of Lafayette, died in the attack, according to officials at St. Thomas More Catholic High School. The school said Bech was a 2015 graduate and a football, lacrosse and track and field athlete.
Here is what we know about the injured so far:
- Two 20-year-old Fort Myers women were among those injured in the attack, according to sister station WBBH in Fort Meyers. The two women were reportedly taken to the hospital following the attack.
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