Everybody is waking up to the tragic news of seeing at least 10 dead and more than 35 injured, including two police officers, after a man drove a pickup truck into a crowd that was celebrating the New Year in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
After running over dozens of people at a high rate of speed, the man wasn’t finished as he exited his truck and started firing his weapon and injuring cops. The police officers fired back and killed him.
After the initial shock wore off of the senseless killings, many have speculated about the sighting of a flag on the back of the truck that has created theories about the “terrorist attack.”
New Hampshire Republican representative James Spillane got the ball rolling when he stated in a post on X, formerly Twitter: “The attacker was flying a flag from the back of his pickup truck. Truck has Texas plates. Police covered up the flag with a jacket immediately! What flag is it???”
Many others also wanted to know, and soon, it appeared an answer to the New Orleans attack would be confirmed.
One person seemed to confirm that it was an ISIS flag.
“On the left is a black flag on the back of the New Orleans terror suspect’s truck. It looks like police zip-tied the flag closed, but you can see it’s a black flag with white markings. On the right is the ISIS flag, which is black w/white markings,” the person wrote.
City of New Orleans Will Still Hold Sugar Bowl
A man intentionally drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans’ French Quarter early on New Year’s Day.
He killed 10 people and injured dozens of others. The FBI said the driver was killed in a firefight with police.
New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said the city is working to ensure the Caesars Superdome is safe for Wednesday’s scheduled Sugar Bowl matchup.
