Hello, everyone and welcome to police off the cuff, real crime stories.

I'm your host, retired NYPD, Sergeant Bill Cannon, a 27-year

veteran of the NYPD. Folks, we're learning more and more about this attack in New Orleans on

Bourbon Street. We look at the thumbnail on the screen. That is the picture of the attacker,

Shamsuddin Jihadbar, who's a U.S. citizen,

a United States Army veteran, somehow was radicalized to perform this horrific attack.

As we learn more and more about this attack, we learn more and more about the vulnerabilities

that enlarge gatherings that we are all subjected to.

And were there mistakes made in New Orleans?

Yes, there were mistakes made.

And something as simple as what you see on the screen, security ballads,

that would block a vehicle from entering a location.

These were present in the street, but guess what?

They weren't present on the sidewalk.

So the offender, the perpetrator, this man here just simply drove around those ballads

and created the carnage that we know occurred during this horrific attack.

And now we know that as each hour and each day passes, the number of people

that have died, it's up to 15 now, and between 35, 30, 30, 35 people injured. And that could rise also.

So this is a horrific attack. And many talking heads on television have said, you know,

terrorists only have to get it right once. However, law enforcement has to get it right

every single time. And that is one of the most profound statements I have heard. And I think as we move

away from the 9-11 attacks, which were 23 years ago on September coming up on 24 years,

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