NEW ORLEANS, La. — Following the deadly attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, the top priority for police is to track down the others they believe helped coordinate the attack.
Channel 2′s Courtney Francisco was in New Orleans on Wednesday, where there was a large police presence on Canal Street.
Investigators suspect that more terrorists involved in the attack are now on the run.
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Police said surveillance video show the suspect, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, driving around police barriers blocking Bourbon Street and speed through the crowd.
The video then shows Din-Jabbar get out of the truck and shoot at officers before they returned fire and killed him. Two officers who were shot are expected to survive.
Some tourists who were in town for the Sugar Bowl spoke to Channel 2.
“We almost turned back. We thought about it and to put it bluntly, we didn’t want the bad guys to win,” Chip Caldwell of Atlanta said.
State, city, and federal leaders called a news conference to explain what went wrong, starting with the barrier system designed to keep cars away from pedestrians.
“This particular terrorist drove around on the sidewalk and got around the hard target,” New Orleans Chief of Police Anne Kirkpatrick said.
Now those leaders vow to mobilize military police to help New Orleans police and the FBI.
“My heart goes out to the victims and all their families,” Britt Gaylor of LaGrange said.
The FBI continues its search for others who helped in the attack.
More information about the investigation will be released on Thursday.
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