About 15 people were killed and more than 30 others were injured after an attack at New Orleans' famed French Quarter Wednesday.
15 people were killed and 35 others injured in New Orleans in what the FBI is investigating as an act terrorist.
According to former Grand Rapids Secret Service Agent Jason Russell, more blockades on streets surrounding a New Year's celebration could have kept event-goers safe. Early New Year's Day, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, of Texas, rammed his pickup truck through a crowd of people on Bourbon Street, according to police."We are trying to place blocking elements so we reduce the likelihood for a high speed approach, but if you can drive around the blocking elements then they don’t really work that well," Russell said.
However, Russell told News Channel 3 that outdoor gatherings with larger perimeters are challenging for law enforcement to fully secure.
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