New Orleans Coroner Releases Most Names of Truck Attack Victims

A former Princeton football player and an aspiring nurse are among the victims identified by the coroner’s office.
New Orleans Coroner Releases Most Names of Truck Attack Victims
A memorial for the victims of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day stands on the sidewalk in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Jan. 3, 2025. George Walker IV/AP Photo
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The New Orleans coroner’s office has identified most of the 14 victims who were killed after a man drove a truck into crowds on the city’s Bourbon Street on New Year’s Day.

The coroner said on Friday that all the victims died from blunt force injuries. Thirty-five others were injured. The suspect, identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar of Texas, was killed in a shoot-out with police.

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