Warning: The video above is graphic in nature. Viewer discretion is advised. The New Orleans Police Department released body camera footage on Friday of a shooting that happened during a terrorist attack on New Year's Day on Bourbon Street.
The Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams is honoring members of the New Orleans Police Department involved in the New Year’s Day terror attack.
Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick also identified the officers who fired on the attacker, calling them “national heroes.”
Footage released on Friday shows that the attacker fired at least one shot from inside his truck before police fatally shot him.
Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick wearing her police badge “upside down” is part of a longstanding department tradition that underlines her leadership role, not a nod to diversity initiatives or pro-Islamic sentiments,
New Orleans Police on Friday released body-camera footage, showing the moment they exchanged gunfire with the man behind the New Year's Day attack. The video captures Shamsud-Din Jabbar after he had crashed his white pick-up truck and started to fire at police. Police returned fire and Jabbar was declared dead at the scene.
As New Orleans kicks off its extravagant Carnival season this week, Louisiana is launching a new investigation into the New Year’s Day massacre that killed 14 people while the city will get more federal resources to help prevent another horrific attack.
During Saturday’s AFC Wild Card game between the Houston Texans and the Los Angeles Chargers, three New Orleans Police Department officers who stopped the Bourbon Street terror suspect,
Maples and Connick will file the lawsuit on Wed. Jan. 8 for failure to implement basic safety precautions for citizens and visitors, paving the way for the attack on New Year's Day.
New Orleans police released bodycam footage Friday showing the shootout that led to the injuries of at least two officers, one bystander and the death of the person investigators say drove his truck through a busy Bourbon Street early on New Year's Day.
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.