At Least 10 People Killed After Driver Slams Vehicle Into New Orleans Crowd In “Very Intentional” Act To Create Carnage, Police Say

deadline.com:

Network coverage of jubilant New Year’s celebration turned to tragedy early this morning, with special reports on mass casualties after a car rammed into revelers along Bourbon Street.

Authorities said that 10 people were killed and more than 30 people were injured. At about 3:15 a.m. ET, a man drove a pickup truck down Bourbon Street at a “very fast pace, and it was very intentional behavior,” said New Orleans Police Department Supt.

Ann Kirkpatrick. “This man was trying to run over as many people as he possibly could. It was not a DUI situation. This is more complex and more serious based on the information we have right now.” She said that the driver went around police barricades, and that he was “hellbent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did.” The perpetrator fired on New Orleans officers “from his vehicle when he crashed his vehicle,” Kirkpatrick said.

Two officers were shot and they are in stable condition, she said. NBC News, quoting an unnamed law enforcement official, reported that the suspect is believed to be dead.