The New Orleans Police Department SWAT team mobilized to an area of downtown New Orleans off Poydras St. this afternoon.
Bomb squad truck is parked out front. We’re live at 5&6 on @wwltv pic.twitter.com/CWiKqD45W6
— Devin Bartolotta (@devinbartolotta) March 5, 2021
Police say there is a "barricaded individual" holed up in the 500 block of Tchoupitoulas St.
Authorities are asking people to avoid the area.
