(1 Jan 2025)
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New Orleans – 1 January 2025
1. Wide of press conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Anne Kirkpatrick, New Orleans Police Superintendent:
“We had this event started at about 3:15. It did involve a man driving a pickup truck down Bourbon Street at a very fast pace and it was very intentional behavior. This man was trying to run over as many people as he possibly could. It was not a DUI situation. This was a more complex and more serious, based on the information we have right now. With respect to numbers, we have, right now and as you already know, this could change throughout the day. We do know that there are 26 injured people who are at UMC hospital (University Medical Center New Orleans). We know we have four at Touro (Touro Infirmary LCMC Health), four at Ochsner Baptist (Ochsner Medical Center), one at Tulane (Tulane Medical Center). But even as I was walking out the door, I believe I have an unconfirmed additional people who have been taken to other area hospitals, possibly on the east side. But we will give you as many correct numbers as we can as the day progresses.”
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Anne Kirkpatrick, New Orleans Police Superintendent:
“It is a very tragic situation for me to tell you that we know we have ten people, that this man killed on Bourbon Street. That is why we do not want anyone on Bourbon Street today. Wherever you see yellow tape, please do not violate this tape. This is in order to protect and stabilize the scene.”
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Anne Kirkpatrick, New Orleans Police Superintendent:
“What I also can tell you is, that this man, this perpetrator, he fired on our officers from his vehicle, when he crashed his vehicle. Two of our officers have been shot. They are stable. And we will give you an update on them. I have yet been able to go to the hospital. I will be leaving here for us to go visit our officers. We have called in every officer that we have. We have so much appreciated our partnerships who have also offered us staff. Last night we had over 300 officers out there 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.”
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Alethea Duncan, FBI Assistant Special Agent in charge:
“This is not a terrorist event. What it is right now is their improvised explosive devices that was found. And we are working on confirming if this is a viable device or not. As Chief Kirkpatrick said, we’re asking everyone to stay away from Bourbon Street, specifically from Canal Street to Saint Anne. That is my ask. Once again, stay away from Bourbon Street, Canal Street, all the way to Saint Anne until we can figure out what is going on. Our goal is provide you additional information at the 11 a.m. press conference.”
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STORYLINE:
The suspect who drove a vehicle at high speed into a crowd of revelers in New Orleans on New Year’s Day was ‘hell-bent on carnage,’ killing at least ten people and injuring at least 30, law enforcement officials told the Associated Press on Wednesday.
The suspect rammed a vehicle at high speed into a crowd of pedestrians in New Orleans’ bustling French Quarter district at 3:15 a.m. Wednesday along Bourbon Street.
Duncan advised people to stay away from the area but confirmed it is "not a terrorist event."
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