New Orleans, Bourbon Street

How New Orleans failed to protect Bourbon Street from attack, block by block
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.
New Orleans attacker had researched similar violent rampage and how to access Bourbon St. balcony
The says that before driving into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans, the man who carried out the deadly attack had researched how to access a balcony on the city’s famed Bourbon Street.
FBI says New Orleans attack suspect researched German Christmas market rampage
Jabbar had also looked up how to access a balcony on Bourbon Street, information about Mardi Gras, and several shootings that occurred in the city, "as late as mid-November," according to the FBI.
FBI: Bourbon Street attacker researched New Orleans shootings before ramming
Before Shamsud-Din Jabbar attacked Bourbon Street in New Orleans, the FBI says he researched the city, reading up on recent shootings and a vehicle attack in Germany.
Bourbon Street terrorist researched Germany Christmas market attack, Mardi Gras before deadly rampage: FBI
The FBI has released a new photo of New Orleans terrorist attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar as they continue to investigate what motivated his New Year's attack on Bourbon Street.
New Orleans attack suspect searched for Germany truck-ramming incident hours before carrying out attack: FBI
The man who is suspected of committing the New Years Day vehicle-ramming attack in New Orleans searched online for information about the Christmas market car-ramming attack in Germany, just hours before carrying out his own attack on Bourbon Street, according to the FBI.
Latest FBI investigation revealed search history of New Year’s terror attack suspect
The Federal Bureau of Investigations released the latest update on the Bourbon Street attack investigation. “He’s getting red … look at him”: Potentially the final exchange between Karine Jean-Pierre and Peter Doocy.
New Orleans attacker searched for Mardi Gras, German Christmas market rampage: FBI
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the driver behind the Bourbon Street attack on New Year’s, researched New Orleans and the deadly Christmas market attack in Germany in the hours and weeks before the attack, the FBI said in an update Tuesday.

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After speculation that all parades might be moved Uptown, New Orleans confirms 2025 Mardi Gras routes
After the New Years Day mass murder, security officials discussed moving Endymion and other outlying parades to the Uptown ...
New Orleans terrorist's radical shift a wake-up call for all Americans: 'ISIS and others are back'
Through online campaigning and propaganda, the Islamic State group continues to attract new recruits for its global terror ...
New Orleans attack raises familiar debate: Can Bourbon Street be made safe?
The days following a pickup truck attack that killed 14 people have brought second-guessing and finger pointing over whether ...
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New Orleans officials were warned in 2019 that Bourbon Street was vulnerable to car-ramming attack
Fourteen people were killed in the New Year's Day attack on Bourbon Street. New Orleans city leaders were warned in a ...
With Spotlight on New Orleans, Louisiana Moves Homeless Out of Sight
With the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras coming, Gov. Jeff Landry is using the emergency order from the New Year’s attack on ...
How Atlanta is adjusting security plans for college football championship game after deadly New Orleans attack
Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a rented pickup truck into the New Year’s Eve crowd on Bourbon Street, police said, killing more ...
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New Orleans logs one of least violent years in decades in 2024
Crime in New Orleans plummeted in 2024, with murders falling to one of the lowest levels since the 1970s and substantial ...