8:05 AM PT — CNN experiences police are boosting safety for in the present day’s Peach Bowl.
APD stated in a press release, “We acknowledge the issues raised following the occasions earlier this night in New Orleans, LA.”
“In gentle of in the present day’s improvement and as an added precaution, specialised items and extra personnel shall be additional deployed to the Downtown and Midtown areas to make sure the continued security and safety of residents and guests.”
“Our ideas and prayers are with the Metropolis of New Orleans and the NOPD.”
7:57 AM PT — Federal legislation enforcement sources instructed FOX Information the New Orleans assault suspect got here by way of Eagle Go, Texas two days in the past. Nevertheless, citizenship standing of the suspect just isn’t but confirmed.
President-elect Donald Trump launched the next assertion on Reality Social:
6:59 AM PT — Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley issued a press release relating to the tragedy, stating, “The Sugar Bowl Committee is devastated by the horrible occasions from early this morning. Our ideas and prayers are with the victims and their households. We’re in ongoing discussions with authorities on the native, state, and federal ranges and can talk additional particulars as they turn out to be accessible.”
Ten individuals are useless and a minimum of 30 injured in what the New Orleans Mayor is asking a terrorist assault.
A pickup truck with a person behind the wheel careened right into a crowd of New 12 months’s Eve revelers on Canal and Bourbon Avenue at round 3:15 AM Wednesday … simply because the NYE celebration was winding down.
Authorities say the person was touring at a excessive fee of velocity and went round barricades earlier than slamming his automobile into the gang, as he was firing photographs from an assault rifle. Two cops had been hit.
Witnesses say the driving force was carrying full physique armor.
The driving force bought out of his truck together with his weapon and police shot him useless.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell says the driving force clearly had an intent to kill as many individuals as doable.
The FBI is now on the case, and Particular Agent Alethea Duncan, who heads up the company’s New Orleans discipline workplace, says they discovered a minimum of one improvised explosive gadget on scene.
The injured had been taken to five hospitals within the New Orleans space.
It is unclear if the assault will have an effect on the Sugar Bowl, which shall be held within the Metropolis’s Superdome. 1000’s are anticipated to attend, and it is a protected wager safety shall be enhanced.
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