(NewsNation) — Investigation continues into an overnight “act of terrorism” in New Orleans’ bustling Canal and Bourbon streets after a car drove into a crowd, killing 15 people and injuring at least 35 more.
The FBI said it would issue a statement about the victims once all families have been notified.
New Orleans attack suspect
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, has been identified as the man who was shot and killed by police after the deadly New Year’s Day attack. In a Wednesday news conference, agency officials said they do not believe Jabbar acted alone.
The Associated Press reported that investigators have reviewed video of three men and a woman placing possible explosives in the area where Wednesday’s attack took place.
New Orleans attack victims
Tiger Bech
Tiger Bech, 28, died in a hospital following the attack, NewsNation local affiliate KLFY confirmed.
He was reportedly kept on life support until his family could arrive, according to Kim Broussard, the athletic director at his former school, St. Thomas More Catholic High School in Lafayette, Louisiana.
A Princeton graduate, Bech worked at New York brokerage firm Seaport Global, according to his LinkedIn page.
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and to all of the victims of the Bourbon Street attack,” Princeton Football shared on X.
Reggie Hunter
Baton Rouge native Reggie Hunter was among those killed in the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans, his cousin Shirell Jackson told NewsNation.
“He was loved by many. Excellent father, very supportive brother, supportive son, life of the party, great sense of humor, the one that made everybody laugh,” Jackson said.
She tells NewsNation it’s “unfair and unjust” for Hunter’s life to be taken so early. She first found out he’d been hurt from her cousin, Travis Hunter, who joined NewsNation live to discuss the tragedy.
“We had heard that he was shot. That’s, that’s what we were going on. So I’m praying that, you know, maybe they’re doing surgery … that’s when the doctors informed us that he succumbed to his internal injuries and that he was deceased,” Jackson said.
Hunter died from injuries sustained when he was run over, not by gunshot wounds, Jackson said. She later confirmed that she identified Reggie Hunter at the hospital, as his sister declined.
At the hospital, she witnessed multiple families receiving similar news about their loved ones who were killed or injured in the attack.
NewsNation’s Sean Noone, Caitlyn Shelton and Jeff Arnold contributed to this report.
