Grieving family and friends moved to identify the growing number of victims after a Terrorist suspect A car plowed into a large crowd of people in New Orleans on New Year's Eve.
The suspect, Shams al-Din Jabbar, was “intent on creating the massacre and the damage he caused.” New Orleans Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick He said.
“It was very deliberate behaviour,” the police supervisor said. “This guy was trying to run over as many people as possible.”
At least 15 people were killed in a suspected terrorist attack Wednesday morning, and dozens were injured, the FBI said.
New Orleans coroner Dr. Dwight McKenna said in a statement late Wednesday that they would release the names of those killed once autopsies were completed and they had spoken with next of kin.
Princeton Tigers wide receiver Tiger Bech (7) is tackled by Pennsylvania Quakers running back Hunter Hayes (8) during a game between the Penn Quakers and the Princeton Tigers on November 17, 2018, at Powers Field in Princeton, New Jersey. (Andy Lewis/Ikon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Tiger Peak, 27
Former Princeton football player Tiger Peck, 27, was killed in the Bourbon Street attack.
In a touching post, he remembered his brother, Jack Beck, the All-Ivy League running back who played for Princeton from 2016-18.
“I love you always, brother! You inspire me every day, and now you can be with me every moment,” he wrote in a social media post. “I've got this family T, don't worry. This is ours.”
He graduated from St. Thomas More Catholic High School in Lafayette, Louisiana, in 2015, the school said in a statement.
“The St. Thomas More Catholic High School community mourns the loss of one of our protégés, Tiger Peck, who passed away early this morning as a result of the New Year's Day attack. In New Orleans“Tiger was a 2015 graduate who stood out in football, lacrosse and track and field,” they wrote.
“Please keep the Beck family in your prayers during this time,” they said.
Trevante Hayes, 20, sits in the French Quarter after his girlfriend, Nekira Dido, 18, died after a pickup truck collided with pedestrians on Bourbon Street, followed by a shooting in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Wednesday, January 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Nikira Dido, 18
Dido was an aspiring nurse when she was hit by a high-speed truck during her New Year's Eve celebration.
Her friend Zion Parsons told The Associated Press that she was hit by the truck, saying he was “lucky to be alive.”
“A truck hit the corner, and it just threw people up like in a movie, throwing them up in the air,” Parsons, 18, told the Associated Press. “I hit her and threw her at least 30 feet away and I was lucky to survive.”
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The 18-year-old had a job at a hospital and was set to start college, Parsons said.
“She had her own mindset. She didn't understand everything, but she had a plan,” he said.
Investigators work the scene after a person drove a car into a crowd of people earlier at Canal and Bourbon streets in New Orleans, Wednesday, January 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Nicole Perez, 28
Nicole Perez was a single mother of her 4-year-old son when she was killed in a truck attack in New Orleans, her employer confirmed to The Associated Press.
Perez was recently promoted to manager at Kimmy's Deli in Metairie, Louisiana “I was really excited about it,” Kimberly Asher, owner of the deli, said in a phone interview. Asher confirmed Perez's death through her sister, who also works with her.
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“She was a really good mother,” said Asher, who set up a GoFundMe account to cover Perez's burial costs and help with her son's expenses.
Reggie Hunter has been identified as one of the victims in the Bourbon Street attack on January 1, 2025. (Reggie Hunter via Facebook)
Reggie Hunter, 37
Reggie Hunter, 37, got off work and headed to Bourbon Street on a whim to call in 2025, his cousin, Cheryl Jackson, said. nola.com.
“They decided to go out there because he came home from work and said, 'Hey, the Sugar Bowl is tomorrow. It's New Year's Eve. Let's go to town,'” Jackson told the outlet. “Just something very simple. 'Hey, do you want to give me a ride into town?'
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Hunter died of his injuries, Jackson said. Jackson was one of dozens injured in the attack.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
