More tragedy out of New Orleans, just days after the terrorist attack on Bourbon Street. On January 1, Samshud-Din Jabbar drove an F-150 truck down Bourbon near Canal Street, killing 14 people and injuring many others. On Saturday January 4, an assistant district attorney in Orleans Parish was found dead an apparent suicide that occurred in the office of the district attorney.
🚨 REPORT: New Orleans-area Assistant District Attorney found d*ad in “apparent suic*de” – CBS
Ian Kersting reportedly suffered from an “apparent self-inflicted g*nshot wound.”
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 5, 2025
A New Orleans assistant district attorney died by suicide Saturday night inside the district attorney’s office.
According to New Orleans police, ADA Ian Kersting was found suffering a self-inflicted gunshot wound around 9 p.m. in the 6100 block of South White…