Fifteen individuals had been killed and 30 had been injured after a U.S. Military veteran with an ISIS flag on his truck swerved round makeshift boundaries and plowed into revelers in New Orleans’ crowded French Quarter on New 12 months’s Day.
Whereas authorities haven’t launched the names of the victims, at the very least seven of these killed have been recognized by members of the family or different associates.
NICOLE PEREZ
Nicole Perez, 28, had simply gotten a promotion, was transferring into a brand new residence and was educating her 4-year-old son to learn earlier than she was killed on Wednesday morning, Kimberly Usher, her boss, instructed Reuters.
Usher, who owns the New Orleans-area deli the place Perez labored, recounted that Perez would typically deliver her son to work and play spelling video games with him. Usher described Perez as a hard-working mom and a devoted worker.
“She was simply getting a brand new residence, so her and her son had been about to start out their new life,” Usher stated. “And now that is no extra.”
TIGER BECH
Tiger Bech, 27, a local of close by Lafayette, Louisiana, and a Princeton College graduate, was killed on Wednesday morning, in keeping with Marty Cannon, the principal at the highschool Bech attended. Cannon stated he came upon about Bech’s dying by his community of mutual pals and associates.
Cannon described Bech, who performed soccer at Princeton, as an unusual mind and athlete.
“I’ve seen a variety of nice athletes, however there are issues that Tiger may do on the soccer area that I by no means noticed anybody else do,” Cannon stated.
“He was only a man of super depth as effectively. He was good, he was an mental, simply a formidable man.”
Bech, who labored in finance in New York, was on the town for the vacations, Cannon stated.
NIKYRA CHEYENNE DEDEAUX
Nikyra Dedeaux, 18, an aspiring nurse from Mississippi, was amongst these killed within the ramming assault, in keeping with the Instances-Picayune newspaper.
Dedeaux was set to start a nursing program later in January at Blue Cliff Faculty and was in New Orleans celebrating the New 12 months with a cousin and a buddy, the newspaper stated, citing associates of the sufferer.
Melissa Dedeaux, whom the Instances-Picayune recognized as Nikyra Dedeaux’s mom, appeared to verify her daughter’s dying in a extensively shared Fb put up on Wednesday.
“When your dad and mom say do not go wherever please take heed to them,” Dedeaux wrote. “my child is gone y’all. my child is gone she is now not with us.”
Makes an attempt to contact the elder Dedeaux and make sure her relationship to Nikyra Dedeaux on Wednesday night weren’t instantly profitable.
REGGIE HUNTER
Reggie Hunter, 37, a father of two from Baton Rouge, was amongst these killed, the Instances-Picayune reported, citing a cousin of the sufferer.
The newspaper reported that Hunter, a warehouse supervisor, took pleasure within the tutorial achievements of his eldest son, who was of college age, and he loved figuring out with family and friends.
Unbiased makes an attempt to contact Hunter’s cousin, Shirell Jackson, weren’t instantly profitable.
MATTHEW TENEDORIO
Matthew Tenedorio, 25, was an audiovisual technician at New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome stadium.
His household wrote on a GoFundMe web page that he was a beloved son, brother, uncle and buddy, with a “laid-back spirit and infectious laughter.”
At his job on the stadium, “he performed an important function in creating memorable experiences for numerous followers and event-goers,” his household wrote.
His cousin, Christina Colgan Bounds stated on a Fb put up that “You all the time gave the very best hugs and had the largest smile if you walked in a room. We’ll miss you eternally cous.”
KAREEM BADAWI
Kareem Badawi was a scholar on the College of Alabama, and was one of many victims of the assault, his father Belal Badawi stated in a Fb put up.
“It’s with nice disappointment and grief, and with hearts glad with Allah’s resolution and future, I announce the dying of my son,” his father posted on Fb. “We ask Allah Almighty to bathe his mercy on him, and provides us endurance and energy to beat.”
Makes an attempt by Reuters to achieve Belal Badawi weren’t instantly profitable.
HUBERT GAUTHREAUX
Hubert Gauthreaux, 21, graduated from the Archbishop Shaw Excessive College in New Orleans in 2021, in keeping with a put up on the college’s Fb web page. The varsity stated he was amongst these “tragically killed within the mindless act of violence.”
“We’re asking the whole Archbishop Shaw household to wish for the repose of Hubert’s soul, his household and pals throughout this tough time, and all these affected by this tragedy,” the college stated.
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