The 8th District is currently working a mass casualty incident involving a vehicle that drove into a large crowd on Canal and Bourbon Street at approximately 3:15 AM.
This is an active scene. Stay off of Bourbon from Canal to Dumaine and from Royal to Dauphine.
There are 15 fatalities. There are 30 injured that have been transported to the following hospitals:
University Medical Center
Touro Hospital
East Jefferson General Hospital
Ochsner Medical Center Jefferson Campus
Ochsner Baptist Campus
One NOPD officer is reported injured.
NOEMS will continue to operate responding to 911 calls with additional units staged in the downtown area. We are asking that residents and visitors please call 911 for emergencies only.
Updates will follow as they are received.
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