NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans mourned, wept and danced at a vigil Saturday evening along the famous thoroughfare where a man rammed a pickup truck into a crowd, killing and injuring revelers who were there to celebrate the new year.
A makeshift memorial of crosses and pictures of the 14 deceased victims included candles, flowers and teddy bears. Victims' relatives held each other, some crying. But as a brass band began playing, the sorrow transformed into a celebration of life as the crowd snapped fingers, swayed and followed the music down Bourbon Street.
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Long Island, New York residents Louis Tenedorio, left, and his wife, Cathy Tenedorio, embrace on by a memorial Bourbon Street and Canal Street in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, where their son, Matthew Tenedorio, was killed as one of the victims of the New Year's Day deadly truck attack and shooting. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Long Island, N.Y. residents Cathy Tenedorio, second left, and Louis Tenedorio, center left, are hugged by supporters including Dan Beazley of Northville, Michigan, holding cross, as Linda Flick, right, looks toward a memorial on Bourbon Street and Canal Street in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, where Flick's nephew and the Tenedorio's son, Matthew Tenedorio, was killed in the New Year's Day attack. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Louis Tenedorio, left, of Long Island, N.Y., hugs Dan Beazley of Northville, Mich., holding cross, as Linda Flick looks toward a memorial on Bourbon Street and Canal Street in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, where Flick's nephew and Tenedorio's son, Matthew Tenedorio, was killed in the New Year's Day attack. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Jessica Perez, holding flowers left, hugs her mother Martha Perez who cries out by a cross memorializing her daughter, Nicole Perez, who was a victim on the New Year's Day attack, on Canal Street near the intersection of Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Courtney Polk, cousin of Tasha Polk, who was killed in the New Year's Day attack, reacts at a memorial on Bourbon Street and Canal Street in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Courtney Polk, cousin of Tasha Polk, who was killed in the New Year's Day attack, reacts at a memorial on Bourbon Street and Canal Street in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Amir "Tubad" Gray, front left, leads Tubad and the Kings of NOLA Brass Band in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, as they memorialize the victims of the New Year's Day deadly truck attack and shooting. Playing saxophone is Corey Hosey, trumpet is Kenneth Hagans, bass drum is Walter Kimble, and sousaphone is Timothy Brown. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Mourners react next to crosses memorializing the victims of the New Year's Day deadly truck attack and shooting along Canal Street near the intersection of Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Dan Beazley, of Northville, Mich., walks with a cross in front of a parade on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, as they memorialize the victims of the New Year's Day deadly truck attack and shooting. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Amir "Tubad" Gray, left, leads Tubad and the Kings of NOLA Brass Band and artist Roberto Marquez, right, in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, as they memorialize the victims of the New Year's Day deadly truck attack and shooting. Marquez organized the parade and vigil and designed a memorial for the victims on Bourbon Street. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Dan Beazley, of Northville, Mich., walks with a cross in front of a parade on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, as they memorialize the victims of the New Year's Day deadly truck attack and shooting. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
A New Orleans Police officer carries an assault rifle as he stands guard on Bourbon Street during a parade memorializing the victims of the New Year's Day deadly truck attack and shooting in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
People crowd Bourbon Street near the intersection of Canal Street in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, as they memorialize the victims of the New Year's Day deadly truck attack and shooting. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Mourners react next to crosses memorializing the victims of the New Year's Day deadly truck attack and shooting along Canal Street near the intersection of Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Tubad and the Kings of NOLA Brass Band plays in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, as they memorialize the victims of the New Year's Day deadly truck attack and shooting. Playing sousaphone is Timothy Brown, left, saxophone is Corey Hosey, Amir "Tubad" Gray, wearing hat, trumpet is Kenneth Hagans, far right, also with the parade is artist Roberto Marquez, second right, who organized the vigil and designed a memorial for the victims on Bourbon Street. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Mourners react next to crosses memorializing the victims of the New Year's Day deadly truck attack and shooting along Canal Street near the intersection of Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Jessica Perez, holding flowers left, hugs her mother Martha Perez who cries out by a cross memorializing her daughter, Nicole Perez, who was a victim on the New Year's Day attack, on Canal Street near the intersection of Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
A woman places flowers next to photos of victim Matthew Tenedorio at memorial on Canal Street for the victims of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A memorial to the victims of a deadly truck attack is seen on Canal Street in the French Quarter, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
People walk past a memorial on Canal Street for the victims of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A woman paints a heart as friends of Kareem Badawi, a victim of the deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, visit a memorial for victims after attending his funeral, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Flowers lie next to candles at a memorial for the victims of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation released this photo on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2024, in relation to the investigation into a car driving into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. (Federal Bureau of Investigation via AP)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation released photos of surveillance footage that shows Shamsud-Din Jabbar an hour before he drove a truck down Bourbon Street, New Orleans, early Jan. 1, 2025.(Federal Bureau of Investigation via AP)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation released this photo of Shamsud-Din Jabbar on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2024. (Federal Bureau of Investigation via AP)
EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Security personnel investigate the scene on Bourbon Street after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A friend of Kareem Badawi, a victim of the deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, pauses at a memorial for victims after attending his funeral, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Friends of Kareem Badawi, a victim of the deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, pray at a memorial for victims after attending his funeral, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Friends of Kareem Badawi, a victim of the deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, place flowers at a memorial for victims after attending his funeral, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A memorial on Bourbon Street sits at the site of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A friend of Kareem Badawi, a victim of the deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, pauses at a memorial for victims after attending his funeral, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A memorial on Bourbon Street is seen at the site of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Flowers lie in the street at the site of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A couple pushes a child in a stroller on Bourbon Street at the site of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Friends of Kareem Badawi, a victim of the deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, pray at a memorial for victims after attending his funeral, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Nathan Williams, a University of New Orleans student, lights a candle at memorial on Bourbon Street for the victims of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A woman places flowers next to photos of victim Matthew Tenedorio at memorial on Canal Street for the victims of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Alisa Kuhns, visiting from Santa Rosa, Calif. reacts at memorial on Bourbon Street for the victims of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Alisa Kuhns, visiting from Santa Rosa, Calif. reacts at memorial on Bourbon Street for the victims of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Katriel Faith Gibson, who lives nearby, reacts as she visits a memorial on Canal Street for the victims of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Katriel Faith Gibson, who lives nearby, reacts as she visits a memorial on Canal Street for the victims of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Flower pedals lie on the sidewalk at memorial on Canal Street for the victims of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A memorial sits outside a restaurant along Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025 in New Orleans. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Sav Bennly sits in front of a memorial at Bourbon and Canal Street in the French Quarter, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025 in New Orleans. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Shawn Westbrook prays at a memorial to the victims of a deadly truck attack on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
A memorial to the victims of a deadly truck attack is seen on Canal Street in the French Quarter, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
A memorial to the victims of a deadly truck attack is seen on Canal Street in the French Quarter, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
A memorial to the victims of a deadly truck attack is seen on Canal Street in the French Quarter, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Kelli Galle, right, hugs her son Parker, left, as they visit a memorial to the victims of a deadly truck attack on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Eddie Williams lights candles for his uncle, who was killed in a deadly truck attack, at a memorial to the victims on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Allyson Tomkins, right, prays with Emily Lara, 5, center, and her grandmother Charity Lara, right, at a memorial to the victims of a deadly truck attack on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
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, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
The coroner’s office listed the cause of death for all 14 victims as “blunt force injuries.” About 30 other people suffered injuries. University Medical Center New Orleans spokesperson Carolina Giepert said 13 people remained hospitalized, with eight people in intensive care.
The attack early Wednesday was carried out by Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a former U.S. Army soldier. Police fatally shot Jabbar, 42, during a firefight at the scene of the deadly crash on Bourbon Street, famous worldwide for its festive vibes in New Orleans’ historic French Quarter.
Cathy Tenedorio, who lost her 25-year-old son Matthew, said she was moved by the flood of condolences and kindness at Saturday's vigil. “This is the most overwhelming response of love, an outpouring of love. I’m floating through it all,” she said.
New Orleans native Autrele Felix, 28, left a handwritten card beside a memorial for his friend Nicole Perez, a single mother who was killed. “It means a lot, to see that our city comes together when there’s a real tragedy,” Felix said. “We all become one.”
Others who crowded around the brass band said the best way to honor the victims was with a party.
“Because that’s what they were down here to do, they were having a good time,” life-long New Orleans resident Kari Mitten said.
President Joe Biden planned to travel to New Orleans with first lady Jill Biden on Monday to “grieve with the families and community members impacted by the tragic attack.”
Authorities on Friday continued investigating the attack, including Jabbar’s motives. The FBI concluded he acted alone.
Jabbar proclaimed his support for the Islamic State militant group in online videos posted hours before he struck. It was the deadliest IS-inspired assault on U.S. soil in years, laying bare what federal officials have warned is a resurgent international terrorism threat.
He reserved the vehicle used in the attack more than six weeks earlier, on Nov. 14, according to law enforcement officials who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
Jabbar had suspected bomb-making materials at his Houston home, which contained a workbench in the garage and hazardous materials believed to have been used to make explosive devices, officials familiar with a search conducted there said.
Authorities found crude bombs in the neighborhood of the attack in an apparent attempt to cause more carnage. Two improvised explosive devices left in coolers several blocks apart were rendered safe at the scene. Other devices were determined to be nonfunctional. Jabbar purchased a cooler in Vidor, Texas, hours before the attack and gun oil from a store in Sulphur, Louisiana, investigators said.
Investigators searching Jabbar's rental truck found a transmitter intended to trigger the two bombs, the FBI said in a statement Friday, adding that there were bomb-making materials at the New Orleans home he rented. Jabbar tried to burn down the house by setting a small fire in a hallway with accelerants but the flames burned out before firefighters arrived.
Jabbar exited the crashed truck wearing a ballistic vest and helmet and fired at police, wounding at least two officers before he was fatally shot by police. New Orleans police declined to say Friday how many shots were fired by Jabbar and the officers or whether any bystanders may have been hit, citing the active investigation.
Stella Cziment, who heads the city's civilian-run Office of the Independent Police Monitor, said investigators are working to account for “every single bullet that was fired” and whether any of them struck bystanders.
Police have used multiple vehicles and barricades to block traffic at Bourbon and Canal streets since the attack. Other law enforcement agencies helped city officers provide extra security, said Reese Harper, a New Orleans police spokesperson.
The first parade of the Carnival season leading up to Mardi Gras was scheduled to take place Monday. New Orleans also will host the Super Bowl on Feb. 9.
“This enhanced safety effort will continue daily, not just during large events,” Harper said in a statement.
In a previous effort to protect the French Quarter, the city installed steel columns known as bollards to restrict vehicle access to Bourbon Street. The posts retracted to allow deliveries to bars and restaurants. They stopped working reliably after being gummed up by Mardi Gras beads, beer and other detritus.
When New Year’s Eve arrived, the bollards were gone. They will be replaced ahead of the Super Bowl, officials said.
The attack killed an 18-year-old aspiring nurse, a single mother, a father of two and a former Princeton University football star, among others.
The New Orleans coroner’s office has identified 13 of the 14 victims, with the youngest listed as 18 and the oldest 63. Most of the victims were in their 20s. One was a British citizen, 31-year-old Edward Pettifer of west London, according to London’s Metropolitan Police.
British media reported Pettifer was the stepson of Tiggy Legge-Bourke, who was the nanny for Prince William and Prince Harry between 1993 and 1999, which included the time after the death of their mother, Princess Diana.
At the vigil on Saturday, family members identified Tasha Polk, a mother and nursing assistant in her 40s, as the final victim of the attack.
Mustian reported from Black Mountain, North Carolina, and Cline reported from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. AP reporters Eric Tucker and Tara Copp in Washington, D.C., Sharon Lurye in New Orleans, Jeff Martin in Atlanta, Martha Bellisle in Seattle, Darlene Superville in New Castle, Delaware, and Russ Bynum in Savannah, Georgia, contributed to this report.
Long Island, New York residents Louis Tenedorio, left, and his wife, Cathy Tenedorio, embrace on by a memorial Bourbon Street and Canal Street in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, where their son, Matthew Tenedorio, was killed as one of the victims of the New Year's Day deadly truck attack and shooting. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Long Island, N.Y. residents Cathy Tenedorio, second left, and Louis Tenedorio, center left, are hugged by supporters including Dan Beazley of Northville, Michigan, holding cross, as Linda Flick, right, looks toward a memorial on Bourbon Street and Canal Street in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, where Flick's nephew and the Tenedorio's son, Matthew Tenedorio, was killed in the New Year's Day attack. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Louis Tenedorio, left, of Long Island, N.Y., hugs Dan Beazley of Northville, Mich., holding cross, as Linda Flick looks toward a memorial on Bourbon Street and Canal Street in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, where Flick's nephew and Tenedorio's son, Matthew Tenedorio, was killed in the New Year's Day attack. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Jessica Perez, holding flowers left, hugs her mother Martha Perez who cries out by a cross memorializing her daughter, Nicole Perez, who was a victim on the New Year's Day attack, on Canal Street near the intersection of Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Courtney Polk, cousin of Tasha Polk, who was killed in the New Year's Day attack, reacts at a memorial on Bourbon Street and Canal Street in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Courtney Polk, cousin of Tasha Polk, who was killed in the New Year's Day attack, reacts at a memorial on Bourbon Street and Canal Street in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Amir "Tubad" Gray, front left, leads Tubad and the Kings of NOLA Brass Band in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, as they memorialize the victims of the New Year's Day deadly truck attack and shooting. Playing saxophone is Corey Hosey, trumpet is Kenneth Hagans, bass drum is Walter Kimble, and sousaphone is Timothy Brown. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Mourners react next to crosses memorializing the victims of the New Year's Day deadly truck attack and shooting along Canal Street near the intersection of Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Dan Beazley, of Northville, Mich., walks with a cross in front of a parade on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, as they memorialize the victims of the New Year's Day deadly truck attack and shooting. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Amir "Tubad" Gray, left, leads Tubad and the Kings of NOLA Brass Band and artist Roberto Marquez, right, in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, as they memorialize the victims of the New Year's Day deadly truck attack and shooting. Marquez organized the parade and vigil and designed a memorial for the victims on Bourbon Street. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Dan Beazley, of Northville, Mich., walks with a cross in front of a parade on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, as they memorialize the victims of the New Year's Day deadly truck attack and shooting. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
A New Orleans Police officer carries an assault rifle as he stands guard on Bourbon Street during a parade memorializing the victims of the New Year's Day deadly truck attack and shooting in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
People crowd Bourbon Street near the intersection of Canal Street in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, as they memorialize the victims of the New Year's Day deadly truck attack and shooting. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Mourners react next to crosses memorializing the victims of the New Year's Day deadly truck attack and shooting along Canal Street near the intersection of Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Tubad and the Kings of NOLA Brass Band plays in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, as they memorialize the victims of the New Year's Day deadly truck attack and shooting. Playing sousaphone is Timothy Brown, left, saxophone is Corey Hosey, Amir "Tubad" Gray, wearing hat, trumpet is Kenneth Hagans, far right, also with the parade is artist Roberto Marquez, second right, who organized the vigil and designed a memorial for the victims on Bourbon Street. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Mourners react next to crosses memorializing the victims of the New Year's Day deadly truck attack and shooting along Canal Street near the intersection of Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Jessica Perez, holding flowers left, hugs her mother Martha Perez who cries out by a cross memorializing her daughter, Nicole Perez, who was a victim on the New Year's Day attack, on Canal Street near the intersection of Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
A woman places flowers next to photos of victim Matthew Tenedorio at memorial on Canal Street for the victims of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A memorial to the victims of a deadly truck attack is seen on Canal Street in the French Quarter, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
People walk past a memorial on Canal Street for the victims of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A woman paints a heart as friends of Kareem Badawi, a victim of the deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, visit a memorial for victims after attending his funeral, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Flowers lie next to candles at a memorial for the victims of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation released this photo on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2024, in relation to the investigation into a car driving into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. (Federal Bureau of Investigation via AP)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation released photos of surveillance footage that shows Shamsud-Din Jabbar an hour before he drove a truck down Bourbon Street, New Orleans, early Jan. 1, 2025.(Federal Bureau of Investigation via AP)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation released this photo of Shamsud-Din Jabbar on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2024. (Federal Bureau of Investigation via AP)
EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Security personnel investigate the scene on Bourbon Street after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A friend of Kareem Badawi, a victim of the deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, pauses at a memorial for victims after attending his funeral, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Friends of Kareem Badawi, a victim of the deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, pray at a memorial for victims after attending his funeral, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Friends of Kareem Badawi, a victim of the deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, place flowers at a memorial for victims after attending his funeral, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A memorial on Bourbon Street sits at the site of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A friend of Kareem Badawi, a victim of the deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, pauses at a memorial for victims after attending his funeral, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A memorial on Bourbon Street is seen at the site of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Flowers lie in the street at the site of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A couple pushes a child in a stroller on Bourbon Street at the site of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Friends of Kareem Badawi, a victim of the deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, pray at a memorial for victims after attending his funeral, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Nathan Williams, a University of New Orleans student, lights a candle at memorial on Bourbon Street for the victims of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A woman places flowers next to photos of victim Matthew Tenedorio at memorial on Canal Street for the victims of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Alisa Kuhns, visiting from Santa Rosa, Calif. reacts at memorial on Bourbon Street for the victims of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Alisa Kuhns, visiting from Santa Rosa, Calif. reacts at memorial on Bourbon Street for the victims of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Katriel Faith Gibson, who lives nearby, reacts as she visits a memorial on Canal Street for the victims of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Katriel Faith Gibson, who lives nearby, reacts as she visits a memorial on Canal Street for the victims of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Flower pedals lie on the sidewalk at memorial on Canal Street for the victims of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A memorial sits outside a restaurant along Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025 in New Orleans. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Sav Bennly sits in front of a memorial at Bourbon and Canal Street in the French Quarter, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025 in New Orleans. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Shawn Westbrook prays at a memorial to the victims of a deadly truck attack on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
A memorial to the victims of a deadly truck attack is seen on Canal Street in the French Quarter, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
A memorial to the victims of a deadly truck attack is seen on Canal Street in the French Quarter, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
A memorial to the victims of a deadly truck attack is seen on Canal Street in the French Quarter, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Kelli Galle, right, hugs her son Parker, left, as they visit a memorial to the victims of a deadly truck attack on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Eddie Williams lights candles for his uncle, who was killed in a deadly truck attack, at a memorial to the victims on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Allyson Tomkins, right, prays with Emily Lara, 5, center, and her grandmother Charity Lara, right, at a memorial to the victims of a deadly truck attack on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
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, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
