New Orleans attack victims: What we know so far

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(NewsNation) — Investigation continues into an overnight "act of terrorism" successful New Orleans' bustling Canal and Bourbon streets aft a car drove into a crowd, sidesplitting 15 radical and injuring astatine slightest 35 more.

The FBI said it would contented a connection astir the victims erstwhile each families person been notified.

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Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, has been identified arsenic the antheral who was changeable and killed by constabulary aft the deadly New Year’s Day attack. In a Wednesday quality conference, bureau officials said they do not judge Jabbar acted alone.

The Associated Press reported that investigators person reviewed video of 3 men and a pistillate placing imaginable explosives successful the country wherever Wednesday’s onslaught took place.

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New Orleans onslaught victims

Tiger Bech

Tiger Bech, 28, died successful a infirmary pursuing the attack, NewsNation local affiliate KLFY confirmed.

He was reportedly kept connected beingness enactment until his household could arrive, according to Kim Broussard, the diversion manager astatine his erstwhile school, St. Thomas More Catholic High School successful Lafayette, Louisiana.

A Princeton graduate, Bech worked astatine New York brokerage steadfast Seaport Global, according to his LinkedIn page.

"Our thoughts and prayers spell retired to his household and to each of the victims of the Bourbon Street attack," Princeton Football shared connected X.

Reggie Hunter

Baton Rouge autochthonal Reggie Hunter was among those killed successful the New Year's Day onslaught successful New Orleans, his relative Shirell Jackson told NewsNation.

"He was loved by many. Excellent father, precise supportive brother, supportive son, beingness of the party, large consciousness of humor, the 1 that made everybody laugh," Jackson said.

She tells NewsNation it's "unfair and unjust" for Hunter's beingness to beryllium taken truthful early.

"We had heard that helium was shot. That's, that's what we were going on. So I'm praying that, you know, possibly they're doing country ... that's erstwhile the doctors informed america that helium succumbed to his interior injuries and that helium was deceased."

Hunter died from injuries sustained erstwhile helium was tally over, not by gunshot wounds, Jackson said.

At the hospital, she witnessed aggregate families receiving akin quality astir their loved ones who were killed oregon injured successful the attack.

NewsNation's Sean NooneCaitlyn Shelton and Jeff Arnold contributed to this report.

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