The Portland Police Bureau is watching out for “copycat” attacks inspired by the deadly Jan. 1 attack in New Orleans in which a driver used a car to mow down New Year’s Day revelers, but it has learned of no specific threats in the Portland area, police said Monday.
Cameras captured the events leading up to the death of the suspect, Shamsud-Din Jabbar. Jabbar had driven his white F-150 around a police car blockading the entrance of Bourbon Street, the city’s most famous thoroughfare, and plowed into revelers about 3:15 a.m. New Year’s Day, killing 14 and injuring dozens.
After a truck drove into a crowd on New Year's in New Orleans, killing 14 people, the FBI has continued to look into the man Shamsud-Din Jabbar.
The Portland Trail Blazers took full advantage of the depleted New Orleans Pelicans Wednesday night, winning 119-100 at the Smoothie King Center. The Blazers dominated from the start, winning the first quarter 40-24 and then building a 75-42 halftime lead. Their 75 first-half points and 68.9% shooting were season highs.
New Orleans has held a vigil on Bourbon Street to mourn and celebrate the lives of those killed when a man rammed a pickup truck into a crowd, killing and injuring revelers celebrating the new year.