New Orleans coroner releases identities of most truck attack victims
New Orleans coroner releases identities of most truck attack victims
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More than half of the 12 identified were from local areas and all ranged in age from 18 to 63. The New Orleans coroner’s office has released the identities of most of the 14 people killed in the deadly truck attack aimed at New Year’s Day revelers on the city’s famous Bourbon Street.
More than half of the 12 victims identified after being slain by the attacker – a US army veteran who was shot dead by police – were from the New Orleans metropolitan area or other Louisiana communities. Others were residents of Alabama, Mississippi and New Jersey.
All of those whose names were known on Friday were between the ages of 18 and 63. The coroner’s office listed their causes of death as blunt force injuries caused by the attacker’s truck, despite preliminary information from authorities that he might have fatally shot some.
Two people – including a British citizen – remained unidentified. The British man’s identity was withheld while his family finalized arrangements to expatriate his remains. The other unidentified victim was described as a woman. Those who were confirmed dead were Drew Dauphin, 26, of Montgomery, Alabama; Kareem Badawi, 18, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Brandon Taylor, 43, of Harvey, Louisiana; Hubert Gauthreaux, 21, of Gretna, Louisiana; Matthew Tenedorio, 25, of Picayune, Mississippi; and Nikyra Dedeaux, 18, of Gulfport, Mississippi.
Also confirmed dead were Nicole Perez, 27, of Metairie, Louisiana; Reggie Hunter, 37, of Prairieville, Louisiana; Martin “Tiger” Bech, 27, originally of Lafayette, Louisiana, and a resident of New York City; Terrence Kennedy, 63, of New Orleans; Elliot Wilkinson, 40, of Slidell; and William DiMaio, 25, of Holmdel, New Jersey.
