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The attacker was flying a flag from the back of his pickup truck. Truck has Texas plates. Police covered up the flag with a jacket immediately! What flag is it???"
New Hampshire Republican representative James Spillane said in a post on X, formerly Twitter
On the left is a black flag on the back of the New Orleans terror suspect's truck It looks like police zip tied the flag closed but you can see it's a black flag with white markings On the right is the ISIS flag, which is black w/white markings Time will tell which flag it is."
Rogan O'Handley, a former entertainment lawyer-turned-political commentator, better known as DC Draino, said todayThere is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger."
The terrorist group's flag is black and features white Arabic text that statesWe stand in solidarity with the entire state during this difficult time,
the statement said
Me and my friend were surprised because they hadn't put them up,
he said, as he described a harrowing scene following the deadly incident.jpg)
The truth needs to come out asap,
Greene said on X, on which conspiracy theories are circulating regarding whether the FBI is already attempting to shield information from the public
Once it was past us, we did hear gunfire, saw police running that direction,
Nicole Mowrer said
As we search for a motive, remember there is no making sense of evil,
he said
This morning, an individual drove a car into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing a number of people and injuring dozens of others,
the FBI saidBecause this is an active scene, we are urging residents to stay off of Bourbon from Canal to Dumaine and from Royal to Dauphine,
a NOLA Ready alert managed by the New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness saidThe Sugar Bowl Committee is devastated by the terrible events from early this morning,
Jeff Hundley, Allstate Sugar Bowl chief executive officer said in a statementWe live here and unfortunately, our first thoughts were somebody's shooting or chasing them,
he saidTwo looked to be at least alive. I wouldn't say survivable but at least alive,
he saidWe know we have 10 people that this man killed,
she saidWe are in ongoing discussions with authorities on the local, state, and federal levels and will communicate further details as they become available,
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We do know that the city of New Orleans was impacted by a terrorist attack,
Mayor LaToya Cantrell said at a news conference, adding
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Many of us woke up this morning to devastating news of the brutal intentional slaughter of innocent people celebrating the New Year in New Orleans. I'm praying for the victims and their families and will ensure they get justice for this appalling act."
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said a statement on XHe was hell-bent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did,
said Police Commissioner Anne Kirkpatrick
It was very intentional behavior. This man was trying to run over as many people as he could,
Kirkpatrick saidWe are working on confirming if this is a viable device or not,
Special Agent Alethea Duncan told a news conference after the attack