Factbox – What we know so far about the victims of the New Orleans truck attack By Reuters

By Gram Slattery

(Reuters) – Fifteen people were killed and 30 injured after a US soldier with an ISIS flag in his truck drove around the barricades temporary and plowed into New Orleans’ crowded revelers on New Year’s Day.

Although the authorities have not released the names of the victims, at least four of those killed were identified by family members or other friends.

NICOLE PEREZ

Nicole Perez, 28, had just been promoted, was moving into a new apartment and was teaching her 4-year-old son to read before she was killed Wednesday morning, Kimberly Usher, manager of home, he told Reuters.

Usher, who owns the store in New Orleans where Perez worked, said that Perez sometimes brought his son to work and played spelling games with him. Usher described Perez as a hardworking mother and dedicated employee.

“She had just gotten a new apartment, so she and her son were about to start their new lives,” Usher said. “And now it’s not like that anymore.”

TIGER RIVER

Tiger Bech, 27, a native of nearby Lafayette, Louisiana, and a student at Princeton University, was killed Wednesday morning, according to Marty Cannon, Bech’s high school principal. Cannon said he found out about Bech’s death through a network of friends and acquaintances.

Cannon described Bech, who played football at Princeton, as unusually intelligent and athletic.

“I’ve seen a lot of great athletes, but there are things that Tiger could do on the football field that I’ve never seen anyone else do,” Cannon said.

“He was a very serious guy. He was smart, he was a smart guy, he was just a charming guy.”

Bech, who worked in finance in New York, was in town for the holidays, Cannon said.

NIKYRA CHEYENNE DEDEAUX

Nikyra Dedeaux, 18, an aspiring nurse from Mississippi, was among those killed in the rampage, according to the Times-Picayune newspaper.

Dedeaux was scheduled to start a nursing program later in January at Blue Cliff College and was in New Orleans celebrating New Year’s with a cousin and a friend, the newspaper said, citing friends of the victim.

Melissa Dedeaux, whom the Times-Picayune identified as Nikyra Dedeaux’s mother, appeared to confirm her daughter’s death in a widely shared Facebook (NASDAQ:) post on Wednesday.

Dedeaux wrote: “When your parents tell you not to go anywhere, please listen to them. “My child is gone. My child is gone when he is no longer with us.”

Efforts to contact the elder Dedeaux and confirm his relationship with Nikyra Dedeaux on Wednesday evening were not immediately successful.

REGGIE THE HUNTER

Reggie Hunter, 37, a father of two from Baton Rouge, was among those killed, the Times-Picayune reported, citing the victim’s cousin.

The newspaper reported that Hunter, a warehouse manager, was proud of the academic success of his eldest son, who was attending school, and enjoyed working out with friends and family. .

Independent (LON:) attempts to contact Hunter’s cousin, Shirell Jackson, were not immediately successful.