NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department said shots were fired at officers while issuing a warrant on Saturday evening. NOPD said they are responding to an officer in need of assistance.
Police said the incident happened in the 3100 block of N. Tonti Street around 6:50 p.m.
They said a person barricaded themselves inside of a residence. No injuries are reported at this time.
Officers said the person was a suspect wanted in a shooting that happened on Saturday afternoon on Louisa Street around 2 p.m. Two men were shot and one of them died.
Then about five hours later, the officers went to a house around the corner from the shooting to serve a warrant and the suspect started shooting at officers.
Police said the person is refusing to come out of the home.
WWL Louisiana's Rachel Handley was on the scene and reported "a suspect in a fatal shooting this afternoon shot at an officer then barricaded himself inside."
"A SWAT roll has yet to be declared," a release said.
A large perimeter has been set up around the scene.
NOPD asks that the public avoid the area of Feliciana Street and N. Miro Street.
No further information is available at this time and we are working to learn more details.
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