At least 15 people were killed when an attacker plowed his pickup truck into a crowd in New Orleans early on New Year’s Day.
Authorities have yet to release the names of the victims, but some have been identified by their loved ones.
Here’s what we know about the victims:
Tiger Bech: The native of Lafayette, Louisiana, was a former Princeton football player and had been working as a junior trader in New York City.
The 27-year-old had traveled to his home state for the holidays and was going to fly back to New York on Wednesday morning, according to his sister Virginia Bech.
But he was killed while on his way back to a hotel with his best friend Ryan Quigley, she said. He died from internal injuries, including head trauma, hours after the attack, his sister said.
She said Quigley was in a stable condition.
Reggie Hunter: Hunter, 37, was a father of two known for his sense of humor, according to his cousin Shirell Robinson Jackson.
Hunter leaves behind his 11-year-old and a one-year-old, according to Jackson.
The Baton Rouge native was at Bourbon Street with another cousin, Kevin Ball. After the attack, he was taken to a hospital, where he was still alive when some family members visited him. But he had died from internal injuries by the time Jackson got to the hospital.
Kareem Badawi: He had studied at The University of Alabama, the institution’s president said.
Badawi’s high school, the Episcopal School of Baton Rouge, said it would be holding a prayer session today for Badawai and Parker Vidrine, another former student who was injured in the attack. Badawi and Vidrine both graduated from the high school in 2024.
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