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Update (0640ET):
The City of New Orleans has confirmed ten dead and 30 injured after a vehicle plowed into a large crowd on Canal and Bourbon Street.
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The New Orleans Police Department told local media outlet WGNO that multiple people are dead after a vehicle plowed into a crowd on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter. The area, a bar and restaurant district popular with tourists, was still very active just hours after New Year's Eve celebrations.
BREAKING UPDATE FROM NEW ORLEANS: Witnesses told @CBSNews reporter Kati Weis that a truck crashed into a crowd on Bourbon Street at high speed, and then the driver got out and started firing a weapon, with police returning fire. @WWLTV reports "at least 10 dead." pic.twitter.com/Aj7ZAjxgM8
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 1, 2025
NOPD said the vehicle struck a group of people around 3:15 a.m. local time at the intersection of Bourbon Street and Iberville
Witnesses told CBS News reporter Kati Weis that a truck crashed into the crowd at "high speeds," adding that the driver exited the vehicle and started discharging a weapon, prompting police officers to return fire.
NOLAREADY: There has been a mass casualty incident on Canal and Bourbon Street. Get yourself away from the area. Visit https://t.co/AyuRn38guC for details.
— NOLA Ready (@nolaready) January 1, 2025
Unconfirmed video.
Video obtained of the mass shooting in New Orleans, Bourbon Street. pic.twitter.com/sVIDSwpRhO
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Weis reported that multiple people were on the ground with serious injuries.
BREAKING NEWS: GRAPHIC WARNING: Mass casualties as car rams into crown in New Orleans. Several dead… Bourbon Street shut down … I knew this would happen somewhere #terroristattack #ThanksBiden pic.twitter.com/oVroB6wdyU
— Mighty_Marsha (@Mighty_Marsha) January 1, 2025
NOPD told CBS News that "initial reports show a car may have plowed into a group of people. Injuries are unknown but there are reported fatalities."
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