AND WE CERTAINLY WILL FIND OUT MORE ON THE INVESTIGATION IN THE COMING DAYS AND WEEKS SO WE CAN TRY AND MAKE SENSE OF WHAT SEEMS SO SENSELESS. AND WHILE WE ARE STILL PROCESSING, 15 FAMILIES ARE MOURNING. WDSU ANCHOR SHARIEF ISHAQ IS AT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CHECKING IN ALL DAY TRYING TO GET AN UPDATE ON THEIR LOVED ONES. SHARIF. YEAH, GINA, WE’VE BEEN OUT HERE FOR THE LAST THREE HOURS OR SO, AND IT’S BEEN FAIRLY QUIET. WE HAVEN’T HAD A CHANCE TO CATCH UP WITH ANY FAMILY MEMBERS OR FRIENDS OF THE VICTIMS. NOW, THE Orleans PARISH CORONER’S OFFICE SAID IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL DAYS TO IDENTIFY THOSE WHO WERE KILLED IN THE ATTACK. AND SINCE THE ATTACK, WE HAVE LEARNED ABOUT SOME OF THE VICTIMS NAMES. ARCHBISHOP SHAW HIGH SCHOOL CONFIRMED ALUM HUBERT GAUTREAUX DIED IN TODAY’S ATTACK. GAUTREAUX GRADUATED FROM SHAW IN 2021, 2020 PRINCETON GRADUATE RYAN QUIGLEY WAS ALSO INJURED. THIS IS ACCORDING TO A SPOKESPERSON FROM QUIGLEY’S HIGH SCHOOL AT LANSDALE CATHOLIC IN PENNSYLVANIA. FORMER SAINT THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL STANDOUT ATHLETE TIGER BESH DIED IN THE ATTACK. THE SCHOOL SAID BESH WAS A STANDOUT FOOTBALL, LACROSSE AND TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETE. THE OWNER OF KIMMIE’S DELI AT LAKE WAY IN METAIRIE CONFIRMED THAT THEIR MANAGER, NICOLE PEREZ, DIED. PEREZ HAD JUST BEEN PROMOTED AND HAD WORKED AT THE DELI FOR SEVERAL YEARS. PEREZ HAS A FOUR YEAR OLD SON. A MISSISSIPPI TEEN HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ANOTHER VICTIM. FAMILY MEMBERS IDENTIFIED AKIRA DEDEAUX AS ONE OF THE VICTIMS KILLED IN THE ATTACK AT EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF BATON ROUGE, CONFIRMS THAT ONE FORMER STUDENT WAS INJURED AND ANOTHER DIED, ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE SCHOOL. PARKER VAUDRIN WAS CRITICALLY INJURED AND HOSPITALIZED. KAREEM BADAWI DIED FROM HIS INJURIES IN THE ATTACK. 220 YEAR OLD FORT MYERS WOMEN WERE AMONG THOSE INJURED. ELLE ISLEY IS A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, AND STEELE ADAMSON IS A STUDENT AT SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY. BOTH WOMEN ARE BEING TREATED IN A TRAUMA ICU. AS STEELE IS SET TO UNDERGO SURGERY. REACHED OUT TO LCMC. IF YOU CAN TALK TO ANYONE ON CAMERA ABOUT THE VICTIMS AND THEY RESPONDED WITH NOT TONIGHT, BUT LIKELY TOMO
What we know about the victims in the New Orleans terror attack on New Year’s Day
Updated: 12:05 AM EST Jan 2, 2025
At least 15 people are dead, and more than 30 people are injured after a truck plowed into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on New Year’s Day.The FBI is currently investigating this incident and is calling it an act of terrorism. Here is what we know about the victims so far:Tiger Bech, 28, of Lafayette, died in the attack, according to officials at St. Thomas More Catholic High School. The school said Bech was a 2015 graduate and a football, lacrosse and track and field athlete. Nikyra Dedeaux of Mississippi was killed in the attack, sources confirmed with New Orleans sister station WDSU. Authorities did not release her age but said she was a teenager. The Associated Press reported that Dedeaux was 18 years old, according to her friend.Nicole Perez of Metairie, Louisiana, died in the attack. Perez’s employer, the owner of Kimmy’s Deli at Lakeway in Metairie, confirmed to WDSU that Perez, who was the deli’s manager, died after a truck plowed through crowds on Bourbon Street. The business owner said Perez had just been promoted and has worked at the deli for several year. She has a 4-year-old son.Kareem Badawi, a graduate of the Class of 2024 at Episcopal School of Baton Rouge, died from his injuries in the attack, according to Episcopal School of Baton Rouge. University of Alabama President Stuart R. Bell, in a social media post, said Badawi was a student at UA.Hubert Gauthreaux, 21, was killed in the attack, according to officials with the Archbishop Shaw High School in Marrero, Louisiana. An alumnus of the school, Gauthreaux graduated in 2021, the school said. Reggie Hunter, a 37-year-old father of two from Baton Rouge, was among those killed during the attack, according to the Associated Press. Reggie Hunter had just left work and headed to celebrate New Year’s with a cousin when the attack happened, his first cousin Shirell Jackson told Nola.com. Hunter was killed and his cousin was injured, Jackson said. Here is what we know about the injured so far:Two 20-year-old Fort Myers women were among those injured in the attack, according to sister station WBBH in Fort Meyers. The two women were reportedly taken to the hospital following the attack. Episcopal School of Baton Rouge also confirmed that another former student, Parker Vidrine, was critically injured and hospitalized. Vidrine is also a graduate of the Class of 2024, the school said.The University of Georgia confirmed a student was critically injured during the attack but didn’t release that student’s name or age, according to sister station WDSU in New Orleans.Ryan Quigley, a Lansdale Catholic graduate of the Class of 2016 and a 2020 graduate of Princeton University, was injured in the attack, WDSU has confirmed. Lansdale Catholic is located outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
At least 15 people are dead, and more than 30 people are injured after a truck plowed into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on New Year’s Day.
The FBI is currently investigating this incident and is calling it an act of terrorism.
Here is what we know about the victims so far:
- Tiger Beech28, of Lafayette, died in the attack, according to officials at St. Thomas More Catholic High School. The school said Bech was a 2015 graduate and a football, lacrosse and track and field athlete.
- Nikyra Dedeaux of Mississippi was killed in the attack, sources confirmed with New Orleans sister station WDSU. Authorities did not release her age but said she was a teenager. The Associated Press reported that Dedeaux was 18 years old, according to her friend.
- Nicole Perez of Metairie, Louisiana, died in the attack. Perez’s employer, the owner of Kimmy’s Deli at Lakeway in Metairie, confirmed to WDSU that Perez, who was the deli’s manager, died after a truck plowed through crowds on Bourbon Street. The business owner said Perez had just been promoted and has worked at the deli for several year. She has a 4-year-old son.
- Kareem Badawia graduate of the Class of 2024 at Episcopal School of Baton Rouge, died from his injuries in the attack, according to Episcopal School of Baton Rouge. University of Alabama President Stuart R. Bell, in a social media post, said Badawi was a student at UA.
- Hubert Gauthreaux21, was killed in the attack, according to officials with the Archbishop Shaw High School in Marrero, Louisiana. An alumnus of the school, Gauthreaux graduated in 2021, the school said.
- Reggie Huntera 37-year-old father of two from Baton Rouge, was among those killed during the attack, according to the Associated Press. Reggie Hunter had just left work and headed to celebrate New Year’s with a cousin when the attack happened, his first cousin Shirell Jackson told Nola.com. Hunter was killed and his cousin was injured, Jackson said.
Here is what we know about the injured so far:
- Two 20-year-old Fort Myers women were among those injured in the attack, according to sister station WBBH in Fort Meyers. The two women were reportedly taken to the hospital following the attack.
- Episcopal School of Baton Rouge also confirmed that another former student, Parker Vidrine, was critically injured and hospitalized. Vidrine is also a graduate of the Class of 2024, the school said.
- The University of Georgia confirmed a student was critically injured during the attack but didn’t release that student’s name or age, according to sister station WDSU in New Orleans.
- Ryan Quigley, a Lansdale Catholic graduate of the Class of 2016 and a 2020 graduate of Princeton University, was injured in the attack, WDSU has confirmed. Lansdale Catholic is located outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
