Reported fatalities in New Orleans as vehicle apparently slams into Bourbon Street crowd

There were reports emerging early Wednesday of a possible mass casualty incident after a vehicle ran into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans’ French Quarter. The popular tourist district would have been busy in the early hours of New Year’s Day.

Witnesses told CBS News reporter Kati Weis that a truck crashed into a crowd on Bourbon Street at high speed, and then the driver got out and started firing a weapon and police returned fire. 

Weis saw multiple people on the ground with injuries.

A New Orleans Police spokesperson told CBS News “initial reports show a car may have plowed into a group of people. Injuries are unknown but there are reported fatalities.”

This breaking news story will be updated.