The elected officials in New Orleans are having to face down some harsh questions as to if the New Year’s Day terror attack in the heart of the French Quarter could have been prevented.
Early Wednesday morning, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing 15 people and injuring dozens of others before being shot to death by police, according to authorities.
In 2016, the deadliest vehicle attack to date occurred when Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel killed 86 and injured 434 in Nice, France. In response, New Orleans installed steel columns known as bollards to restrict vehicle access to Bourbon Street.
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