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Heartbroken family and friends rallied to identify the growing number of victims after a terrorism suspect drove a car into a large crowd in New Orleans on New Year’s Day.
The suspect, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, was “bent on creating the carnage and the damage it caused.” Anne Kirkpatrick, New Orleans Police Chief saying.
“It was very intentional behavior,” said Police Supt. “This man was trying to run over as many people as he could.”
At least 15 people were killed in the suspected terrorist attack Wednesday morning and dozens more were injured, the FBI said.
New Orleans Medical Examiner Dr. Dwight McKenna said in a statement Wednesday night that they will release the names of the dead once autopsies are completed and that they have spoken with next of kin.
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Princeton Tigers wide receiver Tiger Bech (7) is tackled by Pennsylvania Quakers running back Hunter Hayes (8) during a game between the Penn Quakers and the Princeton Tigers on Nov. 17, 2018, in Powers Field in Princeton, New Jersey. (Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Tigre Bech, 27 years old
Former Princeton football player Tiger Bech, 27, died in the Bourbon Street attack.
In a touching post, his brother, Jack Bech, remembered the All-Ivy League kick returner who played for Princeton from 2016-2018.
“I will always love you brother! You inspired me every day and now you can be with me every moment,” he wrote in a social media post. “I have this familiar T, don’t worry. This is for us.”
He graduated from St. Thomas More Catholic High School in Lafayette, Louisiana, in 2015, the school said in a statement.
“The St. Thomas More Catholic High School community mourns the loss of one of our own, Tiger Bech, who passed away early this morning as a result of the New Year’s Day attack. in New Orleans” they wrote. “Tiger graduated in 2015 and excelled in football, lacrosse and track and field.”
“Please keep the Bech family in your prayers during this time,” they said.
Trevant Hayes, 20, sits in the French Quarter after the death of his friend, Nikyra Dedeaux, 18, after a pickup truck crashed into pedestrians on Bourbon Street followed by a shooting in the French Quarter of New Orleans, on Wednesday, January 1. 2025. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Nikyra Dedeaux, 18 years old
Dedeaux was an aspiring nurse when she was hit by a speeding truck during a New Year’s Eve celebration.
Her friend, Zion Parsons, told The Associated Press that the truck hit her and said he was “lucky to be alive.”
“A truck came around the corner and it’s coming at full speed throwing people like in a movie scene, throwing people into the air,” Parsons, 18, told The Associated Press. “He hit her and threw her like at least 30 feet and I was lucky to be alive.”
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Parsons said the 18-year-old had a job at a hospital and was ready to start college.
“She had her way of thinking; she didn’t have everything figured out, but she had the plan laid out,” he said.
Investigators work at the scene after a person drove a vehicle into a crowd at Canal and Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Nicole Perez, 28
Nicole Perez was a single mother to her 4-year-old son when she died in the truck attack in New Orleans, her employer confirmed to The Associated Press.
Perez was recently promoted to manager of Kimmy’s Deli in Metarie, Louisiana and “she was very excited,” deli owner Kimberly Usher said in a phone interview. Usher confirmed Perez’s death through his sister, who also works for her.
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“She was a very good mother,” said Usher, who set up a GoFundMe account to cover Perez’s burial costs and help with expenses for her son, who “will need to transition to a new living situation.”
Reggie Hunter was identified as one of the victims of the Bourbon Street attack on January 1, 2025. (Reggie Hunter via Facebook)
Reggie Hunter, 37 years old
Reggie Hunter, 37, had left work and headed to Bourbon Street on a whim to call 2025, said his cousin, Shirell Jackson. Nola.com.
“They decided to go out because he came home from work and said, ‘Hey, the Sugar Bowl is tomorrow. It’s New Year’s Eve. Let’s go into town,'” Jackson told the outlet. “Something so simple. ‘Hey cousin, do you want to take me to town?'”
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Hunter died from his injuries, Jackson said. Jackson was one of dozens injured in the attack.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
