Bourbon Street in New Orleans opened to the public yesterday amid a heavy police presence, as details continued to emerge about the terrorist attack there early Wednesday. Several of the 14 victims have been informally identified by friends and families (see list), with official identification expected within days.
The FBI clarified earlier reports the US Army veteran potentially had help, instead claiming he acted alone. The 42-year-old rented the Ford F-150 in Houston Monday before traveling to New Orleans late Tuesday. Between 1 and 3 am Wednesday, he posted five videos on Facebook proclaiming support for ISIS and claiming he had originally planned to kill his family but opted for a more public attack. Surveillance footage shows him placing two coolers containing explosives in the area of Bourbon Street—both were later disarmed. See a timeline here.
Investigators denied any clear link between the New Orleans rampage and the Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas later that day, though both men served portions of their US Army careers at North Carolina’s Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg); they also both used peer-to-peer car rental app Turo.
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