The FBI’s New Orleans Field Office is seeking to identify potential victims of the Bourbon Street attack. The FBI continues investigating the horrific attack on innocent victims in New Orleans in the early morning hours of January 1, 2025. FBI resources across the country, including victim specialists, are responding to assist victims and family members who have been affected.
Victim Questionnaire
If you were impacted by this attack or otherwise believe that you may be a victim of the attack, please fill out this short form. If you know of someone else who has possibly been victimized by the attack, please encourage them to complete the form themselves.
Victim Services
The FBI and local partners continue to provide information and assistance to victims of the Bourbon Street attack.
Services are available for those individuals who were present at the Bourbon Street attack, even if they were not physically injured.
Interpretation services are available.
For questions and updates, call (504) 355-0846.
Services include:
- Mental health services
- Lodging, financial, and legal assistance
- Personal effects return
- Crime victim reparations fund applications
- Needs assessment
- Investigation interviews
Victim Services Response Team
The FBI’s Victim Services Division (VSD) is leading the Bureau’s effort to ensure that victims and their families receive the services and support they need in the aftermath of this attack, in coordination with many local, state, and federal partners.
VSD’s Victim Services Response Team (VSRT) is one of the many specialized FBI assets deployed to New Orleans. VSRT is a multi-disciplinary team of agents, analysts, and victim specialists who are specially trained to provide support in crisis following mass violence incidents. VSRT provides a number of different services, including coordinating emergency victim assistance funding for emergency expenditures like travel and lodging, repatriation of remains, child and dependent care, medical services, and mental health services.
The FBI is legally mandated to identify victims of federal crimes it investigates. Victims may be eligible for certain services, restitution, and rights under federal and/or state law. Your responses are voluntary but may be useful in the federal investigation and to identify you as a potential victim. Based on the responses provided, you may be contacted by the FBI and asked to provide additional information. All identities of victims will be kept confidential.
Investigative Updates
For investigative updates and information, please visit www.fbi.gov/bourbonstreetupdates.
