The NOPD says that their officers are working two active and unrelated incidents in the Eighth District.
One is a reported bomb threat at the intersection of Saint Ann and Decatur Streets. Police report that a suspicious device had been found at the location.
Mayor Latoya Cantrell confirmed via twitter that the NOPD was responding to a bomb threat in the French Quarter.
The mayor says that police activity has closed a portion of Decatur Street near Jackson Square.
The @NOPDNews is responding to a bomb threat in the #FrenchQuarter. Decatur is closed from Wilkerson to Dumaine. Avoid the area while police activity is ongoing. pic.twitter.com/VfTem2p71h
— Mayor LaToya Cantrell (@mayorcantrell) December 11, 2020
The other incident is of a barricaded subject in the 500 block of Dauphine Street.
Officers are asking the public to avoid both locations while police activity is ongoing.
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