The gap between the formal security plan on paper and the reality on the ground is raising questions about how fully engaged city officials were in formulating, vetting and executing their agreed upon playbook for one of the busiest nights of the year in the French Quarter.
New Orleans police released a video Friday evening featuring the three officers who shot and killed the man responsible for the deadly Bourbon Street attack on New Year's Day.
Shock and grief have given way to finger-pointing over whether additional security could have stopped — or mitigated — the recent attack that killed 14 people in New Orleans.
An examination of visuals, witness accounts and city planning documents reveals that security lapses in New Orleans left crucial gaps on Bourbon Street on New Year’s Day.
Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick also identified the officers who fired on the attacker, calling them “national heroes.”
Video contains graphic images that some may find disturbing. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Body camera footage of the Jan. 1 terror attack on Bourbon Street has been released. On Friday, Jan. 10, New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick held a news conference to discuss the footage captured during the incident that left 14 dead and dozens other injured.
At least two dozen New Orleans terrorist attack victims are filing lawsuits against the city and its police department, according to the law firms representing them.
Chaotic bodycam video shows Shamsud-Din Jabbar shoot at police from behind an airbag at close range, and the flash of the muzzle is visible.
New Orleans Police Department body camera footage shows officers responding to the scene of a New Year's terrorist attack on Bourbon Street that left 15 dead.
Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick also identified the officers who fired on the attacker, calling them “national heroes.”
Police released body camera footage capturing the deadly confrontation that ended the Bourbon Street terror attack.
Newly released police bodycam video shows that the Islamic State group-inspired attacker who killed 14 people in a truck rampage on New Year’s Day fired at least one time from inside his truck before police fatally shot him.