The New Orleans Police chief and the FBI agent who held a press conference after a vehicle rammed into a New Year crowd killing at least 10 came under massive fire over their lack of clarity about what happened.
Giving an overview of what happened, New Orleans police chief Anne Kirkpatrick said the event started at about 3.15 and it involved a man driving a pickup truck down Bourbon Street at a very fast pace and it was very intentional behavior.”This man was trying to run over as many people as he possibly could. It was not a DUI situation. This is a more complex and more serious based on the information we have right now,” the police chief said as she confirmed that 26 people were injured and 10 people killed. “That is why we do not want anyone on Bourbon Street today,” she added.
The perpetrator also fired on police officers from the vehicle and those two are in stable condition. “Last night, we had over 300 officers here and because of the intentional mindset of this perpetrator who went around our barricades in order to conduct this. He was hellbent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did. Because of the nature and the indices that we have on the scene, the FBI will be taking over this investigation,” the police chief said.
Then the police chief said she wanted the community and the visitors to enjoy. “There is so much to enjoy about New Orleans and we are going to make sure that our routes in the Superdome are safe today for the game and yet we had this tragic event and we’re sorry again to everyone in our community but we do want you to go about the day, as we say, just stay away from Borboun,” the police chief said adding that she would not take further questions.
‘WTF kind of thing is that to say’
X users were shocked that the police chief wanted people to go on about their day after 10 people were killed. “Yeah, this was a tragic event but the there is a lot to enjoy in New Orleans and we want you to go about enjoying your day.” New Orleans police chief. WTF kind of thing is that to say right after 10 people are massacred????” one user wrote.
“What a clown show of leadership in New Orleans. Who in the world says go have a good time after a tragic event like this,” another wrote.
