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At least 14 people were killed during a deadly attack on New Year's Day when a driver slammed into a crowd celebrating New Year's on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, in what is being investigated as ...
The New Orleans massacre was a continuation of a longer shooting war over slavery (beginning with Bleeding Kansas in 1859), of which the 1861–1865 hostilities were merely the largest part. [10] More than half of the whites were Confederate veterans and nearly half of the Black Americans were veterans of the Union army.
Family members and friends have begun identifying the 14 people who died in the truck-ramming attack early Wednesday morning on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. The suspect, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, was ...
Taylor, a resident of Harvey, Louisiana, was one of the 14 people killed in the attack, according to the New Orleans coroner. Taylor’s niece, Christian Taylor, said in a statement to NBC News ...
Joseph A. Shakspeare, Mayor of New Orleans at the time of the March 14, 1891 lynchings; Eric Skrmetta, attorney from Metairie, Louisiana; Republican member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission for District 1; Jefferson B. Snyder, lived in New Orleans 1893–1897; later district attorney in three delta parishes in northeast Louisiana 1904 ...
Troy Carter, who represents almost all of New Orleans in the U.S. House, said the attack was an "unspeakable act of violence" and commended the New Orleans Police Department for their work. [82] Bill Cassidy , Louisiana's senior U.S. senator, called the attack "so tragic" and offered thanks to responding officers. [ 83 ]
Former Princeton University football player Martin 'Tiger' Bech was killed in a truck rampage attack in New Orleans on January 1, 2025. He was 28 years old. "He was just a guy of tremendous depth ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities say the driver of a pickup truck sped through a crowd of pedestrians gathered in New Orleans’ bustling French Quarter district early on New Year's Day, killing at least 15 people and injuring about 30 other revelers. The suspect was killed in a shootout with police.