What we know about the victims in the New Orleans terror attack on New Year's Day

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THE ATTACK. WE HAVE CONFIRMED A TEEN FROM MISSISSIPPI, NAHKIRA D DOE IS ONE OF THE VICTIMS IN THIS ATTACK. FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE IDENTIFIED HER AS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THIS ATTACK. I ALSO BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME NEW INFORMATION TOO, ABOUT A POSSIBLE SECOND VICTIM AS WELL. LAFAYETTE. YES, FROM LAFAYETTE TIGERS BECK, 28 YEARS OLD. HE ATTENDED A SAINT THOMAS MORE IN LAFAYETTE. ALSO GRADUATED FROM PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. SO IT’S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT HIS HIS BROTHER AND FATHER HAVE TIES TO LSU FOOTBALL. IT’S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT HIS BROTHER PLAYED FOOTBALL UP FOR LSU NOT TOO LONG AGO. SO YES, HE’S FROM THE LAFAYETTE AREA, AND THAT’S ALSO ONE OF THE CONFIRMED DEATHS. WE’RE ALSO GETTING REPORTS OF ANOTHER POSSIBLE VICTIM FROM BATON ROUGE. AS SOON A

What we know about the victims in the New Orleans terror attack on New Year's Day

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. Sources confirmed with New Orleans sister station WDSU that Nikyra Dedeaux of Mississippi was killed in the attack. 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.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.

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.
Sources confirmed with New Orleans sister station WDSU that Nikyra Dedeaux of Mississippi was killed in the attack. 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.

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.

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