
On New Year's Eve, tragedy struck in New Orleans as 25-year-old Matthew Tenedorio from Slidell, Louisiana, became one of the 14 victims of a deadly truck attack. According to his cousin, Tenedorio was fatally shot during the chaotic events that unfolded that night.
Despite his family's pleas for him to stay, Tenedorio decided to join two friends on a trip to New Orleans to celebrate the holiday. As they were walking to a bar, they witnessed a horrifying scene as a body was thrown into the air by the truck that was rampaging through the area.