Bourbon Street attack: Who is Tiger Bech? Brother of TCU football player killed
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“Love you always brother,” TCU wide receiver Jack Bech said on X. “You inspired me everyday and now you get to be with me in every moment.”

NEW ORLEANS — One of the 10 people killed in the attack on New Year’s Day on Bourbon Street in New Orleans was the brother of a wide receiver for the Texas Christian University football team. 

According to CBS Sports, 28-year-old Tiger Bech, who previously played as a wide receiver for Princeton University, was killed in the attack. 

“Love you always brother,” TCU wide receiver Jack Bech said on X. “You inspired me everyday and now you get to be with me in every moment.”

According to the Lafayette-based news station KLFY, Tiger Bech was taken to a New Orleans hospital with critical injuries following the attack, where he later died. 

Police said the driver sped through a crowd along Bourbon Street around 3:15 a.m. Wednesday as revelers had gathered to celebrate the New Year. Ten people were killed and 33 were injured and taken to five local hospitals. Two police officers wounded in the shootout with the suspect were in stable condition.

The FBI said the driver was 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, a U.S. citizen from Texas.

A flag representing the Islamic State group was found in the truck and the FBI is trying to determine if he was associated with any terrorist organizations, the agency said in a statement.

The FBI is investigating the attack as an act of terrorism.

Police Commissioner Anne Kirkpatrick said the driver was “hell-bent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did” and he tried “to run over as many people as he could.”

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