New Orleans Was Replacing Street Barriers at Time of Truck Attack

An Orleans Parish coroner’s van is parked at the corner of Bourbon and Canal streets after a pickup truck drove into a large crowd in the French Quarter of New Orleans, La., on Jan. 1, 2025. Brian Thevenot/Reuters

The city of New Orleans had begun replacing security barriers along Bourbon Street before Wednesday’s truck attack, which killed at least 10 people and injured more than 30, and officials conceded a stop-gap security plan did not work.

The suspect, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, was able to drive around a police car and onto the sidewalk.