“Today I find myself trying to save my company, and I’m not sure that I can,” said Serge Paillon, park’s owner.

Mr. Paillon furloughed 20 employees.

“For a year and a half, it was already a disaster,” Mr. Paillon said.

Wassim Bouhlel, a Nice native who spoke to the AP near Nice's Promenade du Paillon, said that he saw a truck drive into the crowd and then witnessed the man emerge with a gun and start shooting.

Wassim Bouhlel, a Nice native who spoke to the AP near Nice’s Promenade du Paillon, said that he saw a truck drive into the crowd and then witnessed the man emerge with a gun and start shooting.